The Choice is Clear

The past few months in American politics have been tumultuous. At this point, anything is possible. If an assassination attempt, a sitting president dropping out, and a candidate rising from the shadows happen—anything could.
 
After Ms. Harris secured her nomination as the Democratic nominee for President of the United States, there was great euphoria behind her, from the countless memes to her Vice President pick—Mr. Walz—being a lesser-known governor to a favorite of the Democrats—known for coining the MAGA figurehead as “Weird.”
 
The rise in the popularity and favorable rating of Ms. Harris was not only a phenomenon that was prevalent in online spaces. On the contrary, it redefined the presidential race, from a strong lead for Mr. Trump while Mr. Biden was running to a toss-up when Ms. Harris entered the fray—the support for both the candidates is even and within the margin of error.
 
It is imperative to state that due to the electoral system, a candidate has to secure 270 electoral college votes, not a popular mandate, as it is the case in other functioning democracies.
 
Yes, the electoral college is skewed against the sentiments of the majority of the electorate. However, the framework of victory as its current construct must be accepted. Whoever wants to win the race will have to garner the support of the suburban voters amongst the mainly seven swing states.
 
The so-called “euphoria” may have sustained as per the latest polling as of the past weekend, with Ms. Harris consolidating the Democratic base—more work is yet to be done. A pivotal point to be noted is that the energy and somewhat fanatical support for Ms. Harris turned out to be coupled with a great deal of substance—not just a mere exercise of the Democratic sycophants towards their new nominee—that very predicament was proved in the recent debate.
 
Ms. Harris has proved her credential as a credible, viable, confident, focused, and goal-oriented candidate in the debate that was held in Philadelphia. On the other hand, Mr. Trump embodied what he was previously: a clueless, bigot, conspiracy theorist, and a self-serving individual.
 
Ms. Harris personified “A New Way Forward.” Mr. Trump was totally the opposite, a candidate who aspired to revert the United States pre-Civil War, a country of xenophobic white men who owned slaves. If this very assessment sounds farfetched, you should listen to his insistence on attacking the minorities while talking about matters where one does not even have to exemplify their prejudice against minority communities, for instance, calling out the Haitians for eating dogs and cats.
 
His statements are just abhorrent and plainly unpresidential, let alone suitable for any local office.
 
Other than their personalities, both had a contrasting delivery pertaining to their policies. While Mr. Trump stuck to imposing high tariffs on foreign countries, Ms. Harris gave coherent answers when asked vis-à-vis high healthcare costs, housing costs, cost of living, climate change, the Israel-Hamas conflict, and reproductive rights.
 
Mr. Biden was continuously attacked by his adversaries for being too old; the role has clearly shifted towards the other individual—a 78-year-old man who cannot even curate a lucid sentence, let alone a statement.
 
The triggering from crowd sizes to not having a clear plan for childcare—Mr. Trump again and again has proved the optimist wrong and the pessimist right—that he will never be changing himself. If that is the case, why expect him to change the country or the global world for the betterment of the common man?
 
One must not expect anything more from a convicted felon.
 
The choice is clear. The next eight weeks will be pivotal—I like to predict elections; I turned out to be right during 2020. This race is close at the moment. Even though with all the polling data hovering within the margin of error, I believe Ms. Harris will secure the needed 270 electorate college votes and become the 47^th President of the United States of America.