Highlights of the US election campaign

New York (EFE).- Two days before the presidential election in the United States, in which Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and former Republican President Donald Trump face each other, these are the most remarkable moments of the American electoral campaign:

12 March. Biden and Trump, virtual candidates. Presidents and former presidents win enough delegates in their parties’ primaries to be nominated at subsequent conventions.

A debate that changes the course of the election

27 June. The presidential debate that changed everything. Biden faced Trump with a hoarse voice, slow, tired and with difficulty finishing some sentences; A disastrous performance that raises questions about his mental agility and ability to win the election.

13 July. Attempt to assassinate Trump. Trump is holding a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, when gunshots are heard and he falls silent. He later emerged among bodyguards in a historic photograph, barring a bloodied ear and with his fists raised.

14th July. Elon Musk made ‘proposal’ to Trump. The richest man in the world declares his admiration for Trump on his social network

15th July. JD Vance, Trump’s number two. Trump has chosen the Ohio senator and author of ‘Hillbilly Elegy,’ a memoir in which he describes his rise from a broken family to the elite of Yale University and Silicon Valley, as his running mate.

Democratic election campaign changes

19th July. Trump, the Republican candidate and hero. The businessman is supported with almost religious fervor at the Republican convention, closing ranks around their candidate with triumphant speeches and coups such as endorsing wrestler Hulk Hogan.

21 July. Biden gave up his re-election bid. Biden, under pressure from inside and outside his party, abandons his bid for a second term and renounces re-election in a brief message through social networks and without explicitly mentioning Harris.

25th July. Kamala Harris, successor. The President now expressed his support for Harris in a press conference from the Oval Office in which he explained that she was stepping away from the campaign for the good of her country and to make way for new generations.

26th July. Vance against “childless cat ladies”. Harris’ team has viralized a 2021 Vance interview in which she attacked the Democrats’ ability to govern the country, calling them “a bunch of women with cats who have no kids.”

6 August. Tim Walz, Harris’ number two. Harris chose the Minnesota governor, a progressive politician who was in the National Guard and a high school teacher before becoming a congressman nearly 20 years ago, as her campaign partner.

Harris new candidate

23 AugustDemocratic Party ‘crowned’ Harris The Democratic convention staged a succession of Biden candidacies for Harris to be crowned vice president amid new enthusiasm for her ability to take on Trump.

29 August. First interview with candidate Harris. Kamala said in an earlier interview on CNN that she would govern “for the middle class” and defended the Biden administration’s restrictive turn on immigration matters, maintaining that her values ​​have not changed.

10 September. Debate between Trump and Harris. Harris appears superior to an angry Trump who claims Haitian immigrants are “eating dogs, cats and pets” in the Ohio city, among other lies.

10 September. Taylor Swift, in favor of Harris. The pop star is the first major public figure to announce her voting intentions and takes a dig at Vance by signing off on her arguments as “childless cat lady.”

Second assassination attempt on Trump

15 September. Second attempt to assassinate Trump fails. A Secret Service agent detained a man who camped with a rifle for twelve hours outside Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, where he was playing.

27 September. Harris visits the Mexican border. In her first trip to the border as a candidate, and since 2021, Harris has been campaigning in conservative cities across Arizona promising a tough stance against illegal crossings and more security.

1 October. The debate between Walz and Vance. The vice presidential candidates debate each other politely, with unusual sympathy, and criticize the opponent’s boss while defending their ‘number one’.

20 October. Musk’s ‘lottery’ Musk has promised to give away one million dollars a day to registered voters in key states who sign a petition for ‘America PAC’, the political action committee with which he is investing millions of dollars in support of Trump. Have been.

27 October. Trump filled Madison Square Garden. Trump appeared before about 20,000 people at a marathon event at a New York stadium and took up strong themes of his campaign: immigration, inflation and culture battles.