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In the US elections, Vice President Kamala Harris will get the presidential nomination from the Democratic Party. Voting is currently underway to elect the presidential candidate from the Democratic Party. In this, Kamala has secured the votes of 1976 delegates.
The Democratic National Committee said on Friday that Kamala has secured the number of votes she needed to win. In this way, she will now be the first black and South Asian woman to contest the US presidential election.
The election for the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate began at 6:30 pm on August 1 as per Indian time. She has secured the required votes today, i.e. on August 2. Kamala’s victory in this election was already expected.
After Kamala’s candidature for the post of President is announced, she and Donald Trump will start the election campaign afresh. Presidential elections are to be held in America on November 5. The results will be declared in January next year.
Barack and Michelle Obama supported the presidential candidacy of Indian-origin Kamala Harris in a video released on Friday.
Kamala received support within 24 hours of Biden’s withdrawal
On July 21, US President Biden announced his withdrawal from the presidential election. Then he put forward Kamala’s name. After this, Harris announced to contest the election. Kamala is the only contender in this race from the Democratic Party.
On July 22, the day after Biden withdrew, Kamala secured the majority for the nomination from the Democratic Party. According to the New York Times, Kamala Harris got the support of 1976 out of 4 thousand delegates.
After this, on July 26, she officially announced her candidacy by filling the form for nomination. After Biden’s withdrawal from the race, all the big leaders of the Democratic Party have supported Kamala Harris. These include former President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle Obama, as well as Bill and Hillary Clinton.
Harris leads in 4 polls, Trump leads in 8
After Biden’s exit from the election, the Democratic Party has gained an advantage. Kamala Harris is ahead of Trump in at least 4 polls. However, Trump is still ahead in more polls. Trump is ahead of Harris in at least 8 polls, but here the margin between them is decreasing.
In the Economist/YouGov polls released on Wednesday, Harris is ahead of Trump by two points. Kamala is liked by 46% of the voters while Trump is liked by 44%.
Harris is ahead by one point in the Reuters/Ipsos polls released on Tuesday. In this, Kamala is preferred by 43% people while Trump is preferred by 42% people.
Trump said- it is not clear whether Kamala is Indian or black
Earlier on Wednesday, during a rally in the US state of Arizona, presidential candidate from Trump’s party JD Vance called Kamala Harris fake. Addressing the supporters, Vance said that Kamala grew up in Canada.
Earlier, during an interview, former President Donald Trump questioned Harris’s racial identity. Trump said that Kamala Harris always described herself as being of Indian heritage, but suddenly a few years ago she became black.
Trump said that for many years he did not know that Kamala was black, he thought that she was of Indian origin. Now for the past few years, Kamala has started calling herself black. The former US President said that Kamala wants to be known in the world as a black woman, so I do not know whether she is Indian or black.
Kamala beats Trump in the survey
Since Kamala’s name came up for the presidential candidacy, the performance of the Democratic Party has improved in the American polls. According to the Morning Consult poll, Kamala is now ahead of Republican candidate Donald Trump in 4 out of 7 important states.
Harris has overtaken Trump in the Reuters and Ipsos surveys. Trump is leading in two states. The contest is evenly matched in one seat. Whereas when Biden was in the election fray, he was lagging behind Trump in all these states. On the other hand, Kamala has further increased her influence in the Democratic Party.
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