Bekir Ilkhan from the University of Cincinnati wrote an analytical article on the Elections of the US President
for the Anadolu agency
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The current US President Joe Biden announced that he was filming his candidacy from the election of the head of state. Biden supported the candidacy of the country’s vice-president Kamaly Harris as his successor for the role of a candidate from a democratic party.
Many party members supported the initiative of Harris nomination as a presidential candidate from the Democrats.
Congress of the US Democratic Party, at which the final decision on the candidate will be made in Chicago in August. At the congress, the nomination will be received by a politician who will gain most of the almost four thousand votes of delegates.
Biden’s decision to withdraw his candidacy was not unexpected, but it still “stirred up” the situation in the ranks of the Democratic Party.
Among the competitors of Harris are called Gavin News in the place of the candidate, Josh Shapiro and Pete Buttijich.
The nomination of Harris is likely to be affirming this with confidence so far.
Biden’s health, it became obvious after a failure debate with Donald Trump in June.
Many Hollywood stars, New York Times, some members of the Congress from the Democratic Party, addressed the presidential race to Biden.
The Democratic Party has long been difficulty with choosing a “leading” candidate who is able to win the sympathy of all strata of society. It was for this reason that Biden until the last moment still remained a candidate, despite health problems.
One of the important advantages of Harris is the dark -skinned voters whose voices played an important role in the parish in the White House of Barack Obama.
In the 2020 elections, dark -skinned voters against the backdrop of protests in the George Floyd case played an important role in Biden’s victory.
If Harris becomes a candidate, then she will have no other choice but to mobilize this group of voters.
Regarding Trump, we can say that he gained a serious impulse in the election race.
He was the leader in most surveys of recent months. Following the television battles with Biden and the attempt, he already feels like the winner of the race.
However, the current situation may work against Trump.
First of all, dark-skinned voters and democrats who are convinced that Trump will win the elections can intensify their participation in polls to prevent this.
In the current situation, Trump seems to have an advantage. Democrats need to resolve the issue of a candidate as soon as possible, get rid of an unseemly image and focus on the election campaign.
[Bekir Ilkhan – Candidate of Political Sciences at the School of Public and International Relations of the University of Cincinnati]
*The author’s opinion may not coincide with the editorial policy of the Anadola agency.