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Kamala Harris lives her ‘momentum’ in front of Trump with a post-convention rebound in the polls
The Democratic candidate for the U.S. presidency, Vice President Kamala Harris, enjoys a sweet moment after the momentum to her candidacy given to her by the party convention held last week, which is already beginning to be seen in the polls, as well as in the records of collection of donations to her campaign.
According to the average of national surveys updated this Sunday by the Washington Post newspaper, Kamala Harris’ advantage continues to grow and currently stands at two percentage points.
Even so, if you take into account the state polls (more representative, since in the United States citizens do not directly elect their president but elect their “voters” or members of the Electoral College, which are distributed according to the population of the state), Donald Trump continues to lead in 4 of the 7 most closely quarreled states.
The former Republican president (2027-2021) is still ahead in North Carolina, Arizona, Nevada and Georgia, although Harris has managed to scratch him an average of three points, since he announced his candidacy a month ago, after the departure of President Joe Biden.
The Democrat is ahead in the other three hinged or purple states, which will have more representativeness on November 5, due to the tightness of their results: Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, says the Post.
After four days of convention in Chicago and the speeches of unity around Harris of the most important figures of the party, the vice president officially accepted the nomination for the presidency last Thursday.
These events, broadcast by the main television networks in prime time, usually always leave a rebound in the polls.
In Trump’s team they already counted on it, with this phase of “honeymoon”: “The rebounds after the Convention are a phenomenon that occurs after most party conventions (…) So don’t be surprised to see Harris get a temporary rebound of 2 to 3 points,” says a memorandum distributed yesterday by the Republican’s campaign.
According to the Silver Bulletin website, created by Nate Silver, founder of ABC News’ FiveThirtyEight survey analysis site, Harris has taken a four-point lead in national polls after independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was eliminated from the survey model, after announcing last Friday that he was pausing his campaign to support Trump.
His latest average thus shows Harris with 48.8% of the votes and Donald Trump with 44.8%.
Harris is also going through a sweet moment in terms of collecting donations. The campaign said this Sunday that it has raised 540 million dollars in the last month, “a record for any campaign in history.”
In the three days alone after his acceptance speech on Thursday, he has managed to raise 40 million dollars.
In comparison, the campaign of the former president and Republican candidate, Donald Trump (2017-2021), has announced that it raised about 139 million dollars in July and that it had accumulated about 327 million at the beginning of August.
During this week, Harris and his running mate, the governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, will focus on the disputed state of Georgia, which was precisely decisive for Biden to achieve victory in 2020. It was the first time the state supported a Democratic presidential candidate in almost 30 years.
Harris and Walz will take a bus tour, similar to the one before the convention in Pennsylvania, which will culminate with a rally led by Harris on Thursday night in the Savannah area.
For his part, Donald Trump and his vice president candidate, JD Vance, will be in Detroit, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
International
Kristi Noem credits Trump for mass migrant deportations by mexican president
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem claimed that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has deported “more than half a million” migrants due to pressure from former President Donald Trump.
During a cabinet meeting highlighting the “achievements” of Trump’s administration in its first 100 days, Noem asserted that under the Republican leader’s influence, “Mexico has finally come to the table” to negotiate on migration and fentanyl trafficking.
“The president of Mexico told me she has returned just over half a million people before they reached our border,” Noem stated, criticizing media reports that suggest the Biden administration deported more migrants than Trump’s.
“I wish those deportations were counted,” Noem added, “because those people never made it to our border—she sent them back because you made her.” She went on to thank Trump: “They never made it here because they got the message—because you were so aggressive.”
Noem has made controversial claims about Sheinbaum in the past, prompting the Mexican leader to refute them.
On April 1, Sheinbaum responded to one such statement by declaring, “The president answers to only one authority, and that is the people of Mexico,” after Noem said on Fox News that she gave Sheinbaum “a list of things Trump would like to see” and that Mexico’s actions would determine whether Trump granted tariff relief.
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Vatican releases special “Sede Vacante” stamps ahead of papal transition
he Vatican’s post offices and select collector shops began selling special edition stamps this week to mark the period between the death of Pope Francis and the election of his successor.
Known as “Sede Vacante” stamps, they feature an image used on official Vatican documents during the interregnum between popes — two crossed keys without the papal tiara. These stamps went on sale Monday and will remain valid for postal use only until the new pontiff appears at the window overlooking St. Peter’s Square.
Until then, they can be used to send letters, postcards, and parcels. “Once the new pope is elected, the stamps lose their postal validity, but their collectible value rises,” said Francesco Santarossa, who runs a collectors’ shop across from St. Peter’s Square.
The Vatican has issued the stamps in four denominations: €1.25, €1.30, €2.45, and €3.20. Each is inscribed with “Città del Vaticano” and “Sede Vacante MMXXV” — Latin for “Vacant See 2025.”
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Conclave to choose pope Francis’ successor could begin in early may
The conclave, which in the coming weeks must choose the successor to Pope Francis, will strictly follow a precise protocol refined over centuries.
The 135 cardinal electors, all under the age of 80, will cast their votes four times a day — except on the first day — until one candidate secures a two-thirds majority. The result will be announced to the world through the burning of the ballots with a chemical that produces the eagerly awaited white smoke, accompanied by the traditional cry of “Habemus Papam.”
The start date for the conclave could be announced today, as the cardinals are set to hold their fifth meeting since the pope’s passing. Luxembourg Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich suggested it could begin on May 5 or 6, following the traditional nine days of mourning. According to German Cardinal Reinhard Marx, the conclave could last only “a few days.”
Although the late Argentine pontiff appointed the majority of the cardinal electors, this does not necessarily ensure the selection of a like-minded successor. Francis’ leadership style differed significantly from that of his predecessor, Benedict XVI, a German theologian who was less fond of large public gatherings. It also marked a contrast with the popular Polish pope, John Paul II.
The Argentine Jesuit’s reformist papacy drew strong criticism from more conservative sectors of the Church, who are hoping for a doctrinally focused shift. His tenure was marked by efforts to combat clerical sexual abuse, elevate the role of women and laypeople, and advocate for the poor and migrants, among other causes.
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