أظهر آخر استطلاع للرأي في ولاية أيوا قبل الانتخابات، حصول نائبة الرئيس الأميركي كامالا هاريس على 47% من أصوات الناخبين المحتملين في الولاية، مقابل 44% لمنافسها الجمهوري دونالد ترمب.
ووصفت وسائل إعلام أميركية نتائج هذا الاستطلاع بـ”الصادم“، بسبب أن هذه الولاية كان ينظر إليها على نطاق واسع على أنها ولاية “حمراء” مضمونة للمرشح الجمهوري خلال هذه الانتخابات.
وأظهر الاستطلاع الذي أجرته صحيفة “دي موين ريجستر” في أيوا ومؤسسة “ميدياكوم” الإعلامية، والذي يعتبر الأكثر دقة في الولاية، تفوقاً بهامش خطأ يبلغ 3.4 نقطة، مما يشير إلى عدم وجود فائز واضح في الولاية حتى الآن، وفق شبكة CNN.
وتشير نتائج الاستطلاع إلى تحول الناخبين نحو هاريس مقارنةً بالاستطلاع الذي أُجري في سبتمبر الماضي، والذي أظهر تفوقاً لترمب بنسبة 47% مقابل 43% لهاريس.
ولدى ولاية أيوا سجل غير ثابت في الانتخابات الرئاسية الأربع الأخيرة، حيث فاز بها الرئيس الأميركي السابق باراك أوباما في عامي 2008 و2012، بينما فاز بها ترمب في عامي 2016 و2020.
وانتقدت حملة ترمب الاستطلاع الجديد، وقال مستشارها جيسون ميلر للصحافيين، إنه “في كل دورة، هناك استطلاع غبي”.
النساء والمستقلون وكبار السن يدعمون هاريس
ووجد الاستطلاع الجديد، الذي أُجري في الفترة من 28 إلى 31 أكتوبر الماضي بمشاركة 808 ناخب محتمل في الولاية، أن النساء في أيوا يفضلن هاريس على ترمب إلى حد كبير، بنسبة 56% مقابل 36%، بينما يدعم الرجال الرئيس السابق ترمب بنسبة 52% مقابل 38%.
وذكرت CNN أن المستقلين في الولاية تحولوا لدعم هاريس بنسبة 46% مقابل 39% لمنافسها الجمهوري، وذلك بعد أن كانوا يفضلون الأخير في استطلاعات الرأي التي أُجريت في الولاية في وقت سابق من هذا العام.
كما وجد الاستطلاع أيضاً أن الناخبين الأكبر سناً يفضلون بقوة نائبة الرئيس، حيث يدعمها 55% من الناخبين المحتملين الذين تبلغ أعمارهم 65 عاماً أو أكبر مقابل 36% لترمب، بينما ينقسم الناخبون المحتملون الذين تقل أعمارهم عن 35 عاماً بالتساوي تقريباً: 46% يدعمون المرشحة الديمقراطية مقابل 44% يدعمون المرشح الجمهوري.
ويقول أكثر من 9 من كل 10 ناخبين محتملين في أيوا (91%)، إنهم اتخذوا قرارهم بالفعل بشأن المرشح الذي سيصوتون له، فيما قال 7% منهم إنه من الممكن تغيير آرائهم، و2% إنهم لم يختاروا مرشحاً بعد.
وتملك ولاية أيوا 6 أصوات في المجمع الانتخابي للولايات المتحدة.
قال الرئيس الأمريكي السابق دونالد ترامب مازحا، الاثنين، إن منافسته، نائب الرئيس كامالا هاريس، إذا وضعت “في الحلبة” مع بطل الملاكمة السابق مايك تايسون “سيكون هذا مثيرا للاهتمام”.
تفاعل رواد منصات التواصل الاجتماعي مع الاحتياطات الأمنية غير المسبوقة في الولايات المتحدة عشية الانتخابات الرئاسية المقررة في الخامس من نوفمبر/تشرين الثاني الجاري، وسط انقسام وتباين بشأن دلالات ذلك.
وأنفقت الحكومة الفدرالية في الولايات المتحدة 55 مليون دولار لتأمين سير الانتخابات بسلاسة وتأمين مراكز الانتخاب.
وأُنفقت الأموال على تدريب العاملين في المراكز الانتخابية لحالات الطوارئ وإطلاق النار، إضافة إلى تنشيط الحرس الوطني، وإطلاق المسيّرات، وتجهيز مراكز الاقتراع بالأبواب الفولاذية.
ونصبت في العاصمة الأميركية واشنطن سياجات أمنية فولاذية حول البيت الأبيض بارتفاع مترين، وكذلك خارج مقر إقامة كامالا هاريس نائبة الرئيس والمرشحة الرئاسية الحالية عن الحزب الديمقراطي في مواجهة منافسها الجمهوري دونالد ترامب.
وكذلك نشر القناصة على الأسطح بالإضافة إلى 3300 ضابط شرطة، في حين احتاط أصحاب الشركات والمحلات في وسط العاصمة الأميركية بتغطية واجهاتها بالخشب.
وتأتي هذه الاحتياطات في ظل المخاوف من احتمال تكرار العنف المرتبط بالانتخابات، كما حدث بعد هزيمة الرئيس السابق ترامب أمام جو بايدن في انتخابات 2020، حيث رفض الأول الاعتراف بالخسارة، مما تسبب في اقتحام مؤيديه لمبنى الكونغرس (الكابيتول).
مخاوف وتساؤلات
ورصد برنامج “شبكات”، في حلقته بتاريخ (2024/11/4)، جانبا من تعليقات المغردين على الإجراءات الأمنية المشددة عشية الانتخابات الأميركية التي تشهد منافسة محتدمة.
فعلق راشد قائلا “أخشى أن يفوز ترامب، ولن يسمح له الديمقراطيون بتولي المنصب”، وتابع متسائلا “لماذا يضعون سياجا مزدوجا ويغلقون الشركات في محيط البيت الأبيض.. ماذا يخططون؟؟؟”.
وسار أبو حامد في الاتجاه ذاته، إذ قال “يوم الانتخابات سيكون فارقا في حياة الديمقراطيين.. يتخوفون من ترامب ويستعدون بكل قواهم للحفاظ على مكانتهم في البيت الأبيض”.
ويعتقد حساب يحمل اسم “ناضج” أن “أميركا على مفترق طرق، فإما ينقذها ترامب أو راح تكون حرب أهلية!!”.
وبدا الحذر بشأن الانتخابات الأميركية مهيمنا على تعليق سارة بقولها “يبدو أن الانتخابات ما رح تمر على خير.. وترامب يا إما يفوز بالرئاسة يا إما يخرب البلد.. ما عندو مزح.. كل هالشرطة والتجهيزات الأمنية في وراها إن (يبدو أن هناك شيئا ما يُدبر)”.
يذكر أن عناصر الخدمة السرية المعنيين بحماية الرؤساء أبلغوا حملة المرشح الجمهوري عن مخاوفهم من تكرار ما حدث في بنسلفانيا عندما تعرض ترامب لمحاولة اغتيال بسبب وجوده في الهواء الطلق.
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قال الدكتور جمال مصطفى رئيس قطاع الآثار الإسلامية والقبطية واليهودية التابع لوزارة السياحة والآثار، إن ما أثير بشأن طلاء أسدى كوبرى قصر النيل غير صحيح.
جاء ذلك خلال اجتماع اللجنة برئاسة النائبة درية شرف الدين (رئيس اللجنة)، لمناقشة موضوع طلب الإحاطة المقدم من النائب ضحا مصطفى عاصي بشأن تأخر الأعمال بقصر الشناوي – محافظة الدقهلية، وسط حضور ممثلين عن وزارة السياحة والآثار، ووزارة التخطيط والتنمية الاقتصادية.
وأشار إلي أن الوزارة عقدت مؤتمرا صحفيا وردت فى اليوم التالى على كل ما أثير من شائعات ومغالطات بشأن طلاء الأسدين، مشددا على أن ما أثير غير صحيح، ولم توضع أيه مواد أو استخدام الرولة فى عملية الطلاء، إنما جرت عملية غسيل بالصابون المتعادل لإزالة الاتساخات والدهان فقط بمادة شفافة.
People shop in an Abercrombie & Fitch store in midtown Manhattan on October 24, 2024 in New York City.
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Former President Donald Trump‘s universal tariff proposals could cause prices to skyrocket on clothing, toys, furniture, household appliances, footwear and travel goods, according to a new report from the National Retail Federation.
The study, released on the eve of Election Day, adds to the pile of economic and industry analysis warning of the inflationary impacts of the Republican presidential nominee’s hardline approach to trade.
Trump has said he would impose a 10% or 20% tariff on all imports across the board. He has also floated tacking on a specifically high China rate of between 60% and 100%.
In both cases, the NRF found that the impact of Trump’s tariffs would be “dramatic” double-digit percentage price spikes in nearly all six retail categories that the trade group examined.
For example, the cost of clothing could rise between 12.5% and 20.6%, the analysis found. That means an $80 pair of men’s jeans would instead cost between $90 and $96. A $100 coat? That would cost between $112 and $121.
These new prices would squeeze consumer budgets, especially for low-income households that spend triple as much of their monthly budgets on apparel as high-income households spend, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The report found that the greatest price spikes could occur for toys: between 36.3% and 55.8%. The price of a $200 crib would also rise to between $213 and $219.
On the macro level, those price increases would also erode consumer spending. The report found that the more expensive retail goods would lead to a $46 billion decrease in purchasing power, if Trump imposes both universal tariffs and especially high China rates.
“Broad-based tariffs on the scale former President Trump has proposed will act as a massive tax increase on American families as they pay more for all imports, cutting into their purchasing power and thus weighing heavily on their spending and the overall economy,” Chief Moody’s Economist Mark Zandi told CNBC.
The report did not factor in Trump’s new proposal, announced Monday, to impose a 25% tariff rate on Mexico if the country does not impose stricter border regulations, which he announced at his rally in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Vice President Kamala Harris has capitalized on the economic criticism of Trump’s broad tariff plans, framing them as a “Trump sales tax” on American consumers. Instead, she favors a more targeted approach to the duties.
But many voters respond well to Trump’s tariff proposals, feeling that years of free trade decimated factory towns across America.
However, Trump’s tariffs during his first presidential term, including duties on foreign metals and washing machines, failed to raise the overall number of jobs in the relevant industries, a nonpartisan working paper found.
“If higher taxes are placed on these imports from China, their production will move to other less developed countries,” said Mary Lovely, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
Given the relatively higher wages in the U.S., Lovely said, “it is very unlikely that many jobs will be created in these industries.”
That means Americans won’t see additional jobs but will see prices rise.
In the crucial swing state of Michigan, the Arab and Muslim community is divided over who to vote for.
Arab and Muslim Americans in the state of Michigan are grappling with a critical choice this election. Nearly 400,000 Arab Americans in the state were instrumental in delivering Michigan to elect Joe Biden in 2020. This time, however, many feel betrayed by his administration’s support for Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon. With candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris running neck and neck in Michigan, what stance will these voters take?
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The court won’t hear arguments until early next year and the 2024 elections are proceeding under the challenged map, which could boost Democrats’ chances of retaking the closely divided House of Representatives.
A lower court had invalidated the map, but the justices allowed it to be used in 2024 after an emergency appeal from the state and civil rights groups.
The issue in front of the justices is whether the state relied too heavily on race in drawing a second majority Black district.
The court’s order Monday is the latest step in federal court battles over Louisiana congressional districts that have lasted more than two years. Louisiana has had two congressional maps blocked by lower courts and the Supreme Court has intervened twice.
The state’s Republican-dominated legislature drew a new congressional map in 2022 to account for population shifts reflected in the 2020 Census. But the changes effectively maintained the status quo of five Republican-leaning majority white districts and one Democratic-leaning majority Black district in a state that is about one-third Black.
Noting the size of the state’s Black population, civil rights advocates challenged the map in a Baton Rouge-based federal court and won a ruling from U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick that the districts likely discriminated against Black voters.
The Supreme Court put Dick’s ruling on hold while it took up a similar case from Alabama. The justices allowed both states to use the maps in the 2022 elections even though both had been ruled likely discriminatory by federal judges.
The high court eventually affirmed the ruling from Alabama, which led to a new map and a second district that could elect a Black lawmaker. The justices returned the Louisiana case to federal court, with the expectation that new maps would be in place for the 2024 elections.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave lawmakers in Louisiana a deadline of early 2024 to draw a new map or face the possibility of a court-imposed map.
Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, had defended Louisiana’s congressional map as the state’s attorney general. Now, though, he urged lawmakers to pass a new map with another majority Black district at a special session in January. He backed a map that created a new majority Black district stretching across the state, linking parts of the Shreveport, Alexandria, Lafayette and Baton Rouge areas.
A different set of plaintiffs, a group of self-described non-African Americans, filed suit in western Louisiana, claiming that the new map was also illegal because it was driven too much by race, in violation of the Constitution. A divided panel of federal judges ruled 2-1 in April in their favor and blocked use of the new map.
The Supreme Court voted 6-3 to put that ruling on hold and allow the map to be used.
State Attorney General Liz Murrill, whose office has defended both maps enacted by lawmakers, called on the court to “provide more clear guidance to legislators and reduce judicial second-guessing after the Legislature does its job. Based upon the Supreme Court’s most recent pronouncements, we believe the map is constitutional.”
The state and civil rights groups were at odds over the first map, but are allies now.
“Federal law requires Louisiana to have a fair map that reflects the power and voice of the state’s Black communities,” Stuart Naifeh of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund said in a statement. “The state recognized as much when it adopted a new map with a second majority-Black district in January. Now the Supreme Court must do the same.”
The Supreme Court vote to use the challenged map in this year’s elections was unusual in that the dissenting votes came from the three liberal justices, who have been supportive of Black voters in redistricting cases. But, in an opinion by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, they said their votes were motivated by their view that there was time for a new map to be drawn, and their disagreement with past court orders that cited the approach of an election to block lower-court rulings.
“There is little risk of voter confusion from a new map being imposed this far out from the November election,” Jackson wrote in May.
In adopting the districts that are being used this year, Landry and his allies said the driving factor was politics, not race. The congressional map provides politically safe districts for House Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise, fellow Republicans. Some lawmakers have also noted that the one Republican whose district was greatly altered in the new map, Rep. Garret Graves, supported a GOP opponent of Landry in last fall’s governor’s race. Graves chose not to seek reelection under the new map.
Among the candidates in the new district is Democratic state Sen. Cleo Fields, a former congressman who is Black.
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Associated Press writer Sara Cline contributed to this report from Baton Rouge.
After a historic US election cycle that saw the incumbent president step down from his party’s ticket and two assassination attempts against the Republican presidential nominee, voters are (finally) casting their ballots.
Tens of millions of Americans will have already voted by the time that polls close on 5 November, but tens of millions more will cast ballots in person on election day. In 2020, more than 200 million Americans voted in the presidential race, as turnout hit its highest level since 1992.
This year, election experts expect voter turnout to be similarly robust, with Americans eager to make their voices heard in what will probably be a very close contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Voters will also have the opportunity to weigh in on thousands of other elections happening at the federal, state and local levels.
As voters head to the polls, here’s a guide on how to navigate an election night that is guaranteed to be eventful:
6pm ET: polls start to close
The first polls will close in eastern Kentucky and much of Indiana at 6pm ET. Democrats’ expectations are low in the two Republican-leaning states: Trump is virtually guaranteed to win both, and Republicans are expected to easily hold most of the two states’ House seats as well.
7pm ET: polls fully close in six states, including Georgia
Americans will get their first clues about the outcome of the presidential race at 7pm ET, when polls close in the battleground state of Georgia. Joe Biden won Georgia by just 0.2 points in 2020, after Trump carried the state by 5 points four years earlier. This year, Trump appears to have a slight advantage over Harris in the Peach state, but a strong night for Democrats could put Georgia in their win column again.
As Georgia starts to count its ballots, polls will also close in Virginia, where both parties hope to flip a House seat. Republicans are looking to expand their narrow majority in the House, and the results in Virginia’s second and seventh congressional districts could give an early indication of the party’s success.
7.30pm ET: polls close in North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia
North Carolina represents one of the largest tests for Harris, who has run neck and neck with Trump in the state’s polling. Trump won North Carolina by 1 point in 2020 and 3 points in 2016, and a loss in this battleground state could doom the former president. Democrats also expect a victory in the North Carolina gubernatorial race, given the recent revelations about Republican Mark Robinson’s disturbing internet activity.
Meanwhile, the results in Ohio and West Virginia could decide control of the Senate. Republicans are expected to pick up a seat in West Virginia, where the independent senator Joe Manchin decided against seeking re-election; and the Democratic incumbent, Sherrod Brown, is facing a tough race in Ohio. If Republicans win both races, that would erase Democrats’ current 51-49 advantage in the Senate.
8pm ET: polls fully close in 16 states, including Pennsylvania
This will represent a pivotal moment in the presidential race. Whoever wins Pennsylvania’s 19 electoral votes is much more likely to win the White House, a fact that both nominees acknowledged as they held numerous campaign events in the state.
“If we win Pennsylvania, we win the whole thing,” Trump said at a rally in September. “It’s very simple.”
Pennsylvania will also host some of the nation’s most competitive congressional races. If it is a good night for Republicans, they could flip the seat of the incumbent Democratic senator Bob Casey, who is facing off against the former hedge fund CEO Dave McCormick.
But if Democrats have an especially strong night, they may set their sights on Florida, where the final polls close at 8pm ET. In addition to Harris’s long-shot hopes of flipping a state that Trump won twice, the Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is looking to unseat the Republican senator Rick Scott, who has maintained a polling advantage in the race. An upset win for Mucarsel-Powell could allow Democrats to maintain their Senate majority.
8.30pm ET: polls close in Arkansas
There won’t be much suspense in Arkansas, as Trump is expected to easily win the solidly Republican state. Arkansas does have the distinction of being the only state where polls will close at 8.30pm ET, but most Americans’ attention will be on the results trickling in from battleground states by this point in the night.
9pm ET: polls fully close in 15 states, including Michigan and Wisconsin
This will be the do-or-die moment for Harris. In 2016, Trump’s ability to eke out narrow victories in the “blue wall” states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin sent him to the White House, but Biden won all three battlegrounds four years later.
Harris’s most likely path to 270 electoral votes runs through Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin this year, so Trump could secure a second term if he can pick off even one of those states.
Michigan and Wisconsin will also play a potentially decisive role in the battle for Congress. Democrats currently hold two Senate seats in the states that are up for grabs this year, and Republican victories in either race could give them a majority. Michigan’s seventh congressional district, which became an open seat after Elissa Slotkin chose to run for the Senate rather than seek re-election, has been described as “the most competitive open seat in the country”.
In New York, where polls also close at 9pm ET, Democrats have the opportunity to flip several House seats that Republicans won in 2022. If they are successful, it could give Democrats a House majority.
10pm ET: polls fully close in Nevada, Montana and Utah
Harris hopes to keep Nevada in her column, as Democratic presidential candidates have won the state in every race since 2008. Trump previously led Nevada polls, but Harris has closed that gap in the final weeks of the race.
Another two Senate races will come to a close at this point in the night as well. In Nevada, the Democratic incumbent, Jacky Rosen, is favored to hold her seat, but her fellow Democratic senator Jon Tester’s prospects appear grim in Montana.
If Republicans have not already clinched a Senate majority by the time Montana’s polls close, this may be the moment when they officially capture control of the upper chamber.
11pm ET: polls fully close in four states, including California
While Harris is virtually guaranteed a victory in her home state of California, the state’s House races carry important implications for control of Congress. Five House Republicans face toss-up races in California, according to the Cook Political Report, so the state represents Democrats’ biggest opportunity to regain a majority in the chamber.
12am ET: polls close in Hawaii and most of Alaska
By the time polls close in Hawaii and most of Alaska, Americans should have a much better sense of who will be moving into the White House come January. But if 2020 is any indication, the nation may have to wait a bit longer to hear a final call on who won the presidential race.
In 2020, the AP did not declare Biden as the winner of the presidential election until 7 November at 11.26am ET – four days after the first polls closed. And in 2016, it took until 2.29am ET the morning after election day to declare Trump as the winner.
Given how close the race for the White House is expected to be, Americans might have to settle in for a long night – or even week – to learn who their next president is.
Massachusetts has the primary calendar to itself on Tuesday. Next week, the final primaries before the November 5 general election will take place in Delaware, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.
Massachusetts Primary
Per the Associated Press, “Democrats have a lock on the Bay State’s congressional delegation, with both U.S. Senate seats and all nine U.S. House seats firmly in their column. They also hold lopsided supermajorities in both chambers of the state legislature, where all seats are up for election in November.”
On this page, we’ve included the only two contested congressional primaries. Visit All Massachusetts Results if you are looking for primary results for the state legislature.
Polls close at 8:00 PM Eastern Time.
U.S. Senate
Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren is seeking a 3rd term; she is unopposed for renomination.
There are three Republicans vying to take her on in the general election. The nominee will have an uphill battle in this deep blue state.
U.S. House
All nine Democratic incumbents are seeking reelection. None of them has drawn a primary challenge.
The only contested primary is in District 8, where three Republicans are looking to take on Rep. Stephen Lynch. This includes videographer Robert Burke, the 2022 nominee. He lost by a 70% to 30% margin to Lynch that year.
No Republicans are running in Districts 1 through 7. The Democratic incumbents there join the Uncontested Seats list. In these 36 districts, only one major party is on the November ballot.
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أعلنت حملة المرشّحة الديموقراطية للانتخابات الرئاسية الأميركية كامالا هاريس الإثنين أنّ صدور النتائج النهائية للانتخابات المقررة الثلاثاء قد يستغرق «أياما عدة»، محذّرة معسكر المرشّح الجمهوري دونالد ترمب من أيّ محاولة «لنشر الفوضى» عبر التشكيك بنزاهة الانتخابات.
وتجري الانتخابات يوم الثلاثاء في سائر أنحاء الولايات المتّحدة، لكنّ أكثر من 75 مليون ناخب أدلوا بأصواتهم مسبقا سواء عبر البريد أو في مراكز الاقتراع، لا سيّما في الولايات السبع المتأرجحة التي ستحسم هوية من سيجلس في المكتب البيضاوي في 20 يناير (كانون الثاني).
والإثنين، قالت جين أومالي ديلون، رئيسة حملة هاريس، خلال مؤتمر عبر الهاتف إنّ «بطاقات اقتراع جديدة سيستمر فرزها بعد أيام عدة من الانتخابات. حتما هذا ليس دليلا على تزوير، إنّه بكل بساطة طريقة سير الأمور». وأضافت «نعتقد أنّ هذا السباق سيكون متقاربا بشكل لا يصدق، مما يعني أنّه من الممكن أن لا نعرف نتائج هذه الانتخابات قبل أيام عدّة».
وأوضحت أنّه في ما خصّ النتائج النهائية للانتخابات الرئاسية في الولايات المتأرجحة السبع (جورجيا ونورث كارولاينا ونيفادا وأريزونا وميشيغان وبنسلفانيا وويسكونسن) فستبدأ بالصدور تباعا اعتبارا من «وقت متأخر من ليل» الثلاثاء-الأربعاء، وحتى الثامن أو ربما التاسع من نوفمبر (تشرين الثاني) الجاري في نيفادا وبنسلفانيا، الولاية الواقعة في شمال شرق البلاد والأكثر أهمية على الإطلاق في الانتخابات الرئاسية.
ويواصل معسكر المرشح الجمهوري اتهام الديموقراطيين بالضلوع في عمليات «تزوير وغش» في العملية الانتخابية في ولايات رئيسية، في حين يخشى معسكر المرشحة الديموقراطية من أن يسارع ترمب إلى التشكيك بأيّ فوز محتمل لهاريس وإعلان فوزه بالرئاسة خلافا للواقع.
بدورها، حذّرت دانا ريموس، كبيرة مستشاري حملة هاريس، من أنّه «لا يمكننا أن نسمح لترمب، ونحن لن نسمح له، بأن يشوّه سمعة الانتخابات أو مؤسساتنا عبر محاولاته المتكرّرة لزرع الفوضى والشكّ». وأضافت «على الرّغم من كلّ الضجيج الذي يثيره الجمهوريون في سبيل تقويض الانتخابات والزعم بحصول عمليات تزوير، فإنّ التصويت أصبح الآن أسهل وأكثر أمانا من أيّ وقت مضى في كلّ الولايات المتأرجحة تقريبا منذ الإصلاحات التي أقرّيناها بعد العام 2020».
ولم يعترف ترمب يوما بهزيمته في الانتخابات التي جرت قبل أربعة أعوام وهو ملاحق اليوم جنائيا بتهمة محاولة التلاعب بتلك النتائج.
