The United States will participate in the 60th quadrennial presidential election on November 5 this year to elect the 47th US President. Citizens in each state and the District of Columbia will elect representatives to the Electoral College, who will then cast their votes for president and vice president for the next four-year term.
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Initially, the presidential race was set to be a contest between incumbent President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. However, Biden, facing opposition over his health and age, withdrew from the race on July 21. On August 5, Kamala Harris was officially announced as the Democratic nominee for the upcoming election. The Indian-origin Vice President selected Tim Walz, the current governor of Minnesota, as her running mate. On Monday, the 81-year-old delivered an emotional farewell speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, United States, as he passed the mantle to Harris.
With this shift, the race for the presidency now pits former President Donald Trump against incumbent Vice President Kamala Harris. As the election approaches, both Harris and Trump have become top search trends on Google, with many people searching “Who will win the 2024 Presidential Election?”
As curiosity grows about who will become the next US president, Elon Musk, who is backing Donald Trump in the upcoming election, shared a poll on X (formerly Twitter) asking users to vote for their preferred candidate. He wrote, “Since many have asked, here’s a super unscientific poll. Who will you vote for?”
The poll garnered nearly 36 million views and 3.6 million votes, with results indicating strong support for Donald Trump, suggesting he could be sworn in as the 48th U.S. President.
Since a lot of people have asked, here goes a super unscientific poll …Who will you vote for?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 20, 2024
According to a report by The Independent, Harris has a 2.9-point lead over Trump in the latest average of national polls, collated by FiveThirtyEight.
In July this year, Reuters/Ipsos conducted a survey online in which 1,241 people took part, including 1,018 registered voters. The survey revealed that in a head-to-head matchup, Harris leads Trump 44% to 42%. Additionally, 56% of registered voters agreed that the 59-year-old Harris is “mentally sharp and able to deal with challenges,” compared to 49% who said the same about 78-year-old Trump.
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