Homa Bay Town Member of Parliament (MP) Peter Kaluma has said he has tarvelled to the United States to campaign for Donald Trump, who is the Republican’s presidential candidate for the November 5 elections.
The Kenyan legislator, who has been vocal about his Trump support on his social media pages, posted a photo that showed him in New York on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. Trump is eyeing a return to the White House, and he faces a tough challenge from Democrat Kamala Harris.
“Just arrived in New York to campaign for Donald Trump and Republicans. We are pro-God, pro-family, and pro-life. God bless USA. God bless the world,” Kaluma posted.
Homestretch
The US campaign is hitting the homestretch with a mixed outlook across six key battlegrounds. A poll by CNN in each state shows that Vice President Harris holds an advantage over former Trump among likely voters in Wisconsin and Michigan.
Trump, on the other hand, has the edge in Arizona, but the two split likely voters almost evenly in Georgia, Nevada, and Pennsylvania.
“Across each of them, an average of 15% of likely voters say they have not yet firmly decided their choice, suggesting a sizable share of voters could shift their views on the race as attention to the campaign rises and campaign activity, especially in these states, hits a fever pitch in the final nine weeks before Election Day.
“Likely voters in Wisconsin break 50% for Harris to 44% for Trump, and in Michigan, it’s 48% Harris to 43% Trump. In Arizona, Trump lands at 49% to Harris’ 44%. In Georgia and Nevada, 48% back Harris to 47% for Trump, and in Pennsylvania, the candidates are tied at 47%,” CNN noted.
The polls were conducted after the Democratic National Convention in August, and they reflect results among likely voters determined through a combination of past vote behaviour and current intention to vote.
The poll further found out that an Electoral College landscape where Pennsylvania and Georgia are central to each candidate’s path to the White House.
In the 2020 elections, the current president, Joe Biden, who dropped from the race and paved way for his vice president to face the 45th president, carried all six of these states.
Biden won in Georgia by just under 12,000 votes and Arizona by a little over 10,000 votes.
“Were Harris to hold Biden’s 2020 wins outside of these six states and carry Wisconsin and Michigan, a win in Pennsylvania plus a single electoral vote from anywhere else would give her the presidency.
“Should Trump hold North Carolina – a state he carried in 2020 and that is widely considered a battleground in this year’s contest – wins in Georgia and Pennsylvania would put him over the top regardless of what happens in Wisconsin, Michigan, or Nevada. In that scenario, even Arizona, where he currently holds a narrow lead, would not be necessary for Trump to win another term as president,” the publication continued to say.
