The election campaign for the presidential election in America is at its peak. There are now less than two weeks left until the election. There is already the possibility of a close competition between the two candidates. Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and Donald Trump of the Republican Party are doing their best. The election scene appears to be similar to that of India in many ways and completely different in others.

UP from India, Pennsylvania from USA
In India, for example, it is said that although the road to Delhi won the Lok Sabha elections and formed the government, it went through Uttar Pradesh and the parties focused on Uttar Pradesh. In this US presidential election, the route to the White House also leads through Pennsylvania. The maximum number of electoral votes here is 19. Therefore, it is almost impossible for a candidate to win the presidential election without winning here. For this reason, both candidates are campaigning vigorously in Pennsylvania.

Billions of rupees were spent on advertising here. In addition, Trump and Kamala themselves or their closest aides are present in Pennsylvania on a daily basis. On Monday, Kamala held a large campaign rally in Pennsylvania with Liz Cheney.

Kamala’s party’s position is considered strong in Pennsylvania, because in 2020, Democrat Joe Biden received 81,000 votes, while Trump received only 44,000 votes here in 2016. Not only that, but here too, current polls show that Kamala is ahead. In the Washington Post’s “Poll of Polls,” Kamala is said to be two percentage points ahead of Trump. The challenge for Harris, however, is that she is less popular here than Trump.

Rahul is for the BJP and Kamla for the Republicans.
Kamala Harris’ low popularity among voters isn’t just limited to Pennsylvania. This is the case in all seven major states. In a recent Wall Street Journal poll conducted in these states, 20 percent of voters said they didn’t know much about Kamala Harris. The number of young voters who said this was 25 percent. Perhaps this is why Republicans made a lot of negative publicity about Kamala in the last round. Just like BJP people in India are doing to Rahul Gandhi.

Kamala Harris has also solved this problem. She now talks about herself in broadcasts. She talks about her past and also talks about her likes and dislikes. On one such show in Detroit, she said that while she was in college she had a summer job at McDonald’s in California, frying French fries.

Rahul’s jalebi, Kamla’s fries
Donald Trump even expressed shock at this revelation by Kamala. During the Haryana elections, BJP members had attacked Rahul Gandhi over jalebi. During his campaign on Sunday, Donald Trump visited a McDonald’s in Philadelphia. French fries were fried there. Trump said, “I like this job a lot.” I’ve wanted to do this my whole life. Additionally, Harris’ claim to work at McDonald’s was also called a lie.

The pressure increased because of the statistics
Both Trump and Kamala have to sweat harder in the election campaign for a different reason. Just as caste data is becoming important to win elections in India, the problem of candidates running for US President is also hidden in certain data.

Demographer William Frey analyzed the latest data from the Population Bureau. He shared his conclusion with the media. In it, he said that the number of voters without a college degree fell by two percent compared to 2020. The support of this class of voters was the basis for the victory of the Republican Party. This is the first time the overall percentage of voters in this category has been below 40. To close this gap, Trump is trying to attract as many black voters as possible.

Early voting system like postal voting
Just as there is the possibility of voting by postal vote from the date of the election, a similar system also exists in America. Under this motto, “Early Voting” is still underway. According to the University of Florida, more than 50,000 people voted. Polls show tight competition.

When it comes to hate speech, the US elections are not like India
While Trump worked on the policy of organizing snap events during the campaign, Harris’ focus was on exposing Republicans and proving that Trump was unfit to be president. In election campaigns, one party everywhere attacks the other, but the American presidential election campaign is different from the Indian election campaign in the sense that provocative statements are not used to target each other.

Industrialists do not openly support political parties in India
In another respect, the US presidential election can be viewed as different from the Indian election. Here the industrialist avoids openly supporting a party in the elections. At the same time, Elon Musk openly shared the stage with Donald Trump in America. To boost Trump’s campaign, he also announced a contest and a daily reward of $1 million for the winner. However, his initiative is considered an unusual phenomenon in American politics and there is also a debate about whether it is legally correct to distribute money in elections like this?

The world’s richest industrialist, Elon Musk, founded a Political Action Committee (PAC) a few months ago to support the Republican Party. Through this committee, he began to mobilize voters in support of the Republican Party. Whether or not their heart, mind and money support for Trump will bear fruit will only be seen after the vote on November 5th.

Keywords: Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Kamala Harris