Never before has a major US political party switched horses midstream this close to a presidential election. There are so many unknowns.
With a Kamala Harris and Donald Trump showdown pending, there's a huge question where no one knows the answerNever before has a major US political party switched horses this close to a presidential election.Vice-President Kamala Harris is the clear frontrunner with a long list of endorsements from presidents, governors, state party chairs, and other senior figures. She's also got some state delegations to the convention already pledging their votes.
But in a campaign where the president's health has been such a flash point, his VP is largely invisible. Sitting in Biden's shadow she's less well known, and if she's to be the candidate, the Democrats will need to change that quick smart.All the polling to date has been on a hypothetical match-up between the pair.Whatever your politics, there was something truly heart-wrenching about the indignity of the last few weeks.
In the always-important states of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan, Biden appeared to be around four percentage points behind.The state of the polls have clearly contributed to the end of Biden's campaign. We're yet to see how voters will respond to the first woman of colour to run on a major party ticket for president.
At the heart of the Republicans campaign is a message that Donald Trump is a strong leader and Joe Biden is weak.If that's no longer an issue, we might see a different set of issues resonating with voters.When Nikki Haley was still a candidate in the Republican primaries against Donald Trump, she was strongly prosecuting the case for generational change."The first party to retire its 80-year-old candidate is going to be the one who wins this election.
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