New Delhi:
Arun Kumar Singh, former Indian Ambassador to the US, shared his ideas on the 2024 US presidential election. “Every election is exclusive, however similarities exist with 2016 and 2020 campaigns, as Trump outlined points, highlighting America’s decline.”
Talking to ANI on Tuesday, India envoy stated, “Every election, in fact, is exclusive, however I might say that to some extent, there is a similarity to the sort of marketing campaign that was there in 2016 and in 2020, when earlier additionally President Trump was a candidate, as a result of he outlined the problems in a sure approach, making an attempt to focus on as if America was not doing properly, different nations had exported America, People have been being exported by immigrants.”
“So he was portray all of the unfavourable dimensions of what was occurring within the US, making an attempt to challenge that he was not part of the institution, though he is a really profitable businessman himself, and due to this fact folks ought to vote for him,” he added.
Additional, Singh highlighted Kamala Harris’s historic candidacy as the primary African American and Indian American girl to run for president. Nevertheless, pre-poll surveys revealed sudden tendencies, with many teams that have been anticipated to help her not doing so.
“In response to pre-poll surveys, the vast majority of African American males weren’t supporting her. The vast majority of Latino males didn’t help her. And in case you have a look at the Indian American vote, once more, in response to pre-poll surveys. 80% had voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016, and about 70% had voted for Joe Biden in 2020. However this yr, the expectation was that solely 60% of Indian People would vote for her, though she is an individual partially of the identical ethnic origin.” he stated.
“So these have been among the tendencies that have been to be, have been sudden, however they have been there. And I feel this was a mirrored image of the truth that for the voting public, among the many points that have been distinguished have been the problems associated to the economic system, inflation, jobs, the place there was a way that they weren’t doing properly,” he added.
Singh said that many pre-poll companies urged a big majority of People felt the nation was headed within the unsuitable route, which might negatively impression the Biden-Harris administration and Kamala Harris’s candidacy.
“And once more, many pre-poll companies urged that a big bulk of People felt that the nation was not not off course. And due to this fact, in the event that they felt that, then clearly they might take that, maintain that towards the present administration, the Biden-Harris administration, after which Kamala Harris naturally suffered on account of that,” the envoy stated.
Singh’s feedback come because the US election reaches its climax, with Harris dealing with a troublesome contest towards Donald Trump.
The election consequence stays unsure, with a number of battleground states, together with Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Georgia, nonetheless up for grabs.
The voters within the US are heading to vote in one in all their most consequential elections, which can resolve the route of not simply the US but additionally have an affect on world geopolitics for the subsequent 4 years.
The polling hours will fluctuate throughout the states, however most areas will vote between 6 am and eight pm on Tuesday (native time). Although exit polls will begin coming as soon as voting begins, the ultimate outcomes will come solely after counting is closed in all states.
The primary polls will shut at round 7 pm ET (5:30 am IST) in six states, together with Georgia. The ultimate polls will shut within the blue state of Hawaii and within the pink state of Alaska at 12 am ET (10:30 am IST).
Complete votes will shut by 1 pm ET (11:30 am IST), following which counting will begin. The ends in small states will be projected quickly after polling states; some key battleground states might take hours to challenge the winner.
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