United States Elections 2024: this has been the closing of Kamala Harris’ campaign

In line for Kamala Harris’ last rally in the US election campaign in Philadelphia, the enthusiasm for the Democratic candidate and The deep concern about Donald Trump’s possible return to the White House was palpable this Monday.

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“I’m cautiously optimistic, but I’m worried,” said Robin Matthews, a community organizer. “If she doesn’t win, we’re in trouble,” he said.

A long line snaked along the main avenue leading to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, outside which the vice president was to address a late night crowd, just hours before polls opened on Tuesday.

Matthews, who lives in the Pennsylvania suburbs that will be so crucial in deciding this key state in a closely contested election, said he feared a second Trump presidency.

“It will ruin everything,” he said. “There will be no more checks and balances (if he is re-elected).”

His son Asher, 16, stepped in to offer what he believed was at stake in this election: “The preservation of our democratic system.”

The short end of the stick

Under the autumn foliage, The percussionists were setting the scene for a rally in which the presence of stars like Lady Gaga and Oprah Winfrey was expected. and at the foot of the museum’s famous stairs that Sylvester Stallone climbed in an iconic scene from the movie Rocky.

As a long campaign draws to a close, marked by extraordinary turns in a country that seems more divided than ever, Yvonne Tinsley, a 35-year-old accounting manager, just “wants it to be over.”

She’s sick of political ads on TV and tired of having to explain to her friends that Facebook and Instagram videos don’t count as real news.

However, he doesn’t expect any political miracles from Harris.

“I understand that Kamala is not going to change everything, but I know that she can at least put this back on track,” he said.

For her, there is too much at stake if former President Trump returns to power.

“I’m a black woman in America, so unfortunately, All policies affect me differently,” he stated.

“Every Supreme Court decision or every bad Republican or Democratic policy, I get the worst treatment.”

Robert Rudolf, 58, said Trump had “normalized” racism and misogyny.

Wearing a “Harris-Walz” cap and a flannel shirt, he said he comes from a rural part of the Republican-leaning state and that it has become more difficult to talk to neighbors about politics.

“We are very divided,” he said. “It’s very difficult to talk to people on the other side.”

Those tensions are further heightened by Trump’s false claims of election fraud, said Roxana Rahe, 42.

“Trump is already somehow foreshadowing that everyone stole the election from him even before the elections were held,” he sighed.

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