Two major issues have dominated the 2024 presidential election campaign, the economy and immigration with issues of abortion, Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender (LGBT) and foreign policy taking second place. Trump highlights the improved economy under his administration before the advent of COVID-19, the global pandemic that ravaged the world economy. Trump and Upsurge in Voter TurnoutTrump’s foray into presidential election contest in 2016 as an unconventional outsider, against the deodorized correctness of professional politicians, literally took the political Establishment by storm, and electrified the electorate. PrognosisKamala Harris brought sunshine charm, infectious laughter and irrepressible energy into the 2024 American presidential election campaigns, that almost rattled Trump, and gave her an initial momentum. Ultimately, though, the parlous state of an inflation-wracked economy under the Biden/Harris administration and a sustained, aggressive grassroots get-out-the-vote mobilization have the prospect of tilting the presidential election outcome in Trump’s favour and makes him the man to beat.

Source: GNN Liberia November 04, 2024 10:55 UTC