Kamala Harris narrows gap with Donald Trump in polls from her first week
27 Jul
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Kamala Harris narrows gap with Donald Trump in polls from her first week

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Politics tamfitronics The Wall Street Journal poll found similar shifts, accounting for a surge in Democratic enthusiasm. (Photo: Bloomberg)By Gregory KorteThe polling is in, and Kamala Harris has narrowed the gap with Donald Trump.Taken together, seven national polls taken since Harris launched her presidential bid Sunday after Joe Biden’s exit from the race have cut the Democrats’ deficit about in half. Some closely watched polls — including a Wall Street Journal poll on Friday — have her in a statistical tie with the former president.A New York Times/Siena poll on Thursday found that Harris had closed the gap by 6 or 7 percentage points, depending on whether third parties are included.Harris’ gain comes largely from parts of the Democratic coalition that had soured on Biden. While the 81-year-old president was winning just 59 per cent...
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Kamala Harris’ heritage draws attention to Hinduism’s complex history in Caribbean
25 Jul
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Kamala Harris’ heritage draws attention to Hinduism’s complex history in Caribbean

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Top Stories Tamfitronics (RNS) — A standard feature in any biography of Kamala Harris is the fact her parents — one a Hindu from India, the other a Baptist from Jamaica — met at the University of California, Berkeley, where they were both students in the 1960s.In this sense the vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee embodies a heritage shared by millions across the Caribbean basin and the Afro-Caribbean diaspora, many of whom are now talking about the sudden possibility that the next U.S. president could be of Indian and Jamaican heritage, and a person who claims to “know the lyrics to nearly every Bob Marley song” to this day.Indians first came in numbers to the Caribbean in the early 19th century, when the British Empire brought them west as indentured servants, mostly to the...
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Potential Kamala Harris V.P. Wipes Floor With Trump, Pissing Him Off
23 Jul
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Potential Kamala Harris V.P. Wipes Floor With Trump, Pissing Him Off

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Top Stories Tamfitronics Donald Trump is fuming after Minnesota Governor Tim Walz slammed Republicans for being “stuck” with the former president as their presidential candidate, while the Democrats have begun mounting a new campaign around Vice President Kamala Harris. During an interview on Fox News Tuesday morning, Walz couldn’t wipe a smile off his face as he combatted Bill Hemmer’s wild suggestion that the Democrats had “leapfrogged the entire democratic system” by moving to get behind Harris in the days since Joe Biden dropped out of the race. “Look, the process has always been there, I welcome—if … anybody wants to become a DNC delegate, you’re welcome to. But what I know is, Democrats are ready to move when the situation warrants it,” Walz said. “Look, it doesn’t matter convictionsit doesn’t matter failed policies. Republican...
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News24 | ANALYSIS | With Kamala Harris, US Democrats would bet against US history of sexism, racism
22 Jul
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News24 | ANALYSIS | With Kamala Harris, US Democrats would bet against US history of sexism, racism

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Top Stories Tamfitronics The US Democratic party will be taking a historic gamble if it now turns to Vice President Kamala Harris to become its presidential candidate, betting that a black woman can overcome racism, sexism and her own missteps as a politician to defeat Republican Donald Trump.American President Joe Biden, 81, announced on Sunday he was ending his campaign for reelection, while staying on as president for the remainder of his term. In a separate post on X, formerly Twitter, he endorsed Harris."My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it's been the best decision I've made," Biden wrote. "Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the...
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