It will leave today, in the Italian evening, the Democratic Party convention American. A highly anticipated appointment whose outcome is however already a foregone conclusion, that is the official nomination of Kamala Harris Democratic candidate in the race for the White House. She will (attempt) to stop the rise of Donald Trump which until a few weeks ago was now considered a sure winner. In the meantime, however, the picture has changed radically, first with the attack on the former tycoon in Pennsylvania, then with the Joe Biden's step back in favor of Harris who has currently recovered the ground lost by the Democrats in recent months, overtaking Trump in some states and trailing him in others.
The program of the Democratic convention
The Democratic Party convention opens today at Allo United Center of Chicago, in Illinois, and will end on Thursday 22 August, the day on which the now completely symbolic confirmation of the candidatures of Kamala Harris to the role of president and of Tim Walz to the role of vice president in the elections of November 5th. The convention's slogan is “For the people, for our future”.
The president in office will open the dance Joe Biden who will officially pass the baton to Harris during his speech. After him, the first lady will also take the stage Jill biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
A roll call will be held on Tuesday in which representatives of all 50 US states will formalize their delegates' support for Harris and Walz. This is a well-tested procedure, but in this case completely symbolic, given that the Harris-Walz pairing has already received the formal green light from the delegates with a vote held at the beginning of the month.
Many heavyweights from the Democratic Party will also speak during the convention, including two former presidents. In fact, tomorrow's surgery is scheduled Barack Obama, preceded by that of his wife Michelle and Kamala Harris' husband Doug Emhoff.
On Wednesday it will be the turn of the vice presidential candidate and current governor of Minnesota Tim Walz, but before him it will be the former president's turn Bill Clinton, to the former speaker of the House Nancy Pelosie to the Minister of Transport Pete Buttigieg. On the final evening of Harris herself will take the stage on Thursday who will give a speech in which he will officially accept the nomination for the White House.
The protests in Chicago
But it's not all rosy and it could be the protests that dim the democratic lights. Despite positive polls and runaway enthusiasm, divisions within the Democratic Party remain and are expected to take place over the course of the event. extensive demonstrations in Chicago especially against the support provided by Biden to Israel.
The protests are organized by the Coalition to March on the DNC, which brings together several groups of activists. In fact, the pro-Palestine groups will be joined by those pro-abortion, for climate change and for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. Thousands of people are expected to participate.
What the latest polls say
The latest polls carried out by ABC and CBS show Kamala Harris leads, respectively, by two and three points, on Trump who is struggling to reorganize his electoral campaign after Biden's about-face. In States in the balance such as Nevada, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, where the former tycoon had a large advantage before the vice president took the field, the latter is now ahead by approximately 1-2,5 percentage points, while in other territories such as Georgia, North Carolina and Arizona Trump is ahead, but the gap between the two candidates is getting smaller and smaller.
However, it could weaken Harris' position the economy, a central theme in the Stars and Stripes electoral campaign. According to ABC, on this topic, Trump leads Harris by nine points. In this context, however, an important distinction must be made: 72% of those interviewed say that the US economy is "not doing well", but 60% think that it is not Harris' fault, given that the vice president has limited influence on economic policies of Biden.
