U.S. Election Campaign: Swing Voters in Battleground States Hold the Key to Outcome

Democratic presidential candidate Ms Kamala Harris is promising to be different from President Joe Biden in her administration. After realising that voters want to see an administration with a new direction different from Biden administration, Ms. Harris is trying to distance herself from Biden.

At a programme in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Harris said, as reported by news organisation: "My administration will not be a continuation of the Biden administration. "I bring to this role my own ideas and my own experience. I represent a new generation of leadership on a number of issues and believe that we have to actually take new approaches."

Ms. Harris had been evading questions on how her administration would be different from that of Biden. Voters, particularly the swing voters, want to see a new direction in the administration in the U.S. in this presidential election.

Meanwhile, Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump is going all hammer and tong against Ms Harris, in his characteristic style. At a campaign rally a few days back, his comment on the famous golfer Arnold Palmer’s anatomy attracted people believing that such utterances may alienate voters. However, Trump in recent days has sought to rally turnout from Christian evangelicals, hoping they will set aside any concerns about his frequent off-color comments.

Latest Reuters/Ipsos poll survey, made public a few days back, showed Ms Harris maintain a marginal edge of 46 % to 43 % over Trump. However, as there are questions for Ms Harris from undecided voters, there is chance of probable supporters decide against Trump due to his comments. This presidential election is one of the most closely contested one in recent times.

Ms Harris tried to play up Trump's former White House chief of staff John Kelly’s statement about Trump, that the former president met the "general definition of fascist". She termed the revelation as "deeply troubling and incredibly dangerous." But Trump’s campaign denied Kelly’s account and called it “debunked stories”.

Both the candidates are leaving no stone unturned and focusing in the battleground States, including Pennsylvania and Georgia, where the undecided voters are said to be in good number.