This 2024 Presidential election has by far been one of the most interesting and intense elections in modern history. The election will be held on November 5th 2024, and the two primary candidates are Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
Kamala Harris became the Democrat candidate on August 5th, 2024 securing 1,976 party delegates after President Biden announced on July 21st, 2024 that he was dropping out of the race.
President Biden and Donald Trump had their first Presidential debate on June 27th, 2024. The debate was devastating for Biden and due to his performance it was clear he was unable to continue in the election. The American public was shown that Biden was unfit for the role of President and was not well spoken during the debate. Biden dropped out of the election a few weeks later.
The attempted assassination of Trump on July 13, 2024 was an immense event and had the possibility of drastically affecting this election if it had been successful. This incident has a chance of gaining more voters that could potentially influence the outcome of this election.
Donald Trump has announced many new propositions to spur our economy. He expressed that these new ideas will decrease the crime rate, increase paychecks, and save our economy.
Donald Trump has stated that,
- He will increase oil production in the USA
- He will have the largest deportation in history
- He proposes a new idea that removes the federal taxes on tips
- Declares he will eliminate federal tax on social security income
- He will change our education system to be state runned
- Remove all undocumented individuals
Kamala Harris has also recently spoken about her plans as president. She has plans to strengthen the economy that include supporting the middle class, implementing her Opportunity Economy plan to lower prices, and to create new tax credits. She has stated that she does support fracking and doesn’t support the Green New Deal.
Stated by my dad, Karl Schweitzer, in his response to the question “What are your thoughts on this upcoming election?”
“I think that Joe Biden wasn’t running the country because it seems there is a shadow government currently running things in the country. With his performance at the debate, it was obvious that he was not making the decisions. I think they don’t like Trump because he will upset the status quo.”
Austin Matthew, who is a teacher at Pitman High school, has his own opinions about the upcoming election.
“I would say that I am overall not very happy with either candidates and the state of the country politically.”
“I think that she is a very respectable figure but I tend to disagree with the majority of the policies. I am much more of a conservative naturally.”
This 2024 election has no doubt been one of the most intense and eventful elections. There are numerous factors that can impact the outcome of the election.