November 5th is Election Day in the United States. President Joe Biden endorsed Kamala Harris, his vice president, and withdrew from the presidential race on July 21. Harris is most likely to run as the Democratic nominee against Donald Trump, the former Republican president, in November 2024 Elections.
Kamala Harris’s Indian connection
Kamala Devi Harris was born in California to Shyama Gopalan, a Tamil scientist and Jamaican-American father, Donald J Harris, who was a professor. After the separate of her guardians, Kamala Harris moved with her mother and her sister to different schools, until she settled on Horward College, a noteworthy all dark college, for her bachelor's degree.
Kamala Harris graduated with a degree in political science and economics subjects and afterward went on to pursue law degree. She got membership to be a part of the bar affiliation in 1990. She began her career as delegate area lawyer in California in the same year. She was chosen as the locale lawyer of San Francisco in 2003. She carried out two terms as the chosen lawyer common of California in 2010 and 2014. In 2017, she got to be a junior US Congressperson from her state. She became the second African American and first Southeast Asian woman to serve in the senate
Harris could become first Black woman to hold the post
Kamala Harris could become first Black woman, first person of South Asian descent to be US president. If she becomes the Democratic nominee and defeats Republican candidate Donald Trump in November, she would also be the first woman to serve as president.
Joe Biden secured over 95% of the delegates to the Democratic convention, which is scheduled for August 19–22, during the early-year Democratic presidential primary. Because Biden has endorsed Harris, these delegates are probably going to vote for her.
There has been pressure on Biden to step down ever since the widely-regarded disastrous June 27 debate with Trump. Prior to Biden's withdrawal on July 21, an Ipsos survey for US ABC News revealed that Democratic voters supported his departure by a margin of 60 to 39.
After the failed assassination attempt on Trump on July 13 and the Republican convention held from July 15–18, Trump's advantage over Biden in the 538 average of national polls had risen to 3.2 points from 1.9 points on July 13, marking the largest lead since the aggregate began in March. The distribution of votes stood at 43.5% for Trump, 40.2% for Biden, and 8.7% for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump?
Analysis of Harris vs. Trump polls is premature. Kamala Harris has the edge but can she challenge Donald Trump's resurgence?. Harris has not previously run for president, and Biden's name recognition may account for his stronger numbers compared to Harris. According to a recent national YouGov poll for CBS News, Trump leads Biden by five points and Harris by three points.
Harris has two factors working in her favour. First, there has been an improvement in economic data, marked by a decrease in inflation and an increase in real earnings. Second, unlike Biden, who would have been nearly 82 years old by the election, Harris will only be 60 at that time. Given that Trump is 78, the age contrast that worked against Biden will now work in favour of Harris.
Ashwin Ramaswami endorses Kamala
All five Indian-American lawmakers have hailed President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw from the presidential race and three of them threw their weight behind Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's likely presidential nominee.
There are five Indian-American lawmakers in the current House of Representatives — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ro Khanna, Shri Thanedar, Pramila Jayapal and Ami Bera. They all are Democrats.
Three of them – Khanna, Thanedar and Jayapal -- have endorsed Harris, 59, so far. Harris is the first-ever Indian-American to be elected as the vice president of the country.
Meanwhile, Indian-American Democrat Ashwin Ramaswami, the first Indian-American from Gen Z to run for a state or federal legislature in the US, has also endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the party's presidential nominee, saying it "would be a major step forward for India-American and AAPI representation in this country".
The remarks by Ramaswami, a candidate for Georgia State Senate in District 48, came after Biden on July 21 abruptly ended his re-election bid amid widespread concerns about the viability of his candidacy and endorsed Harris.