The US presidential race is entering the final stretch with voters choosing not just their next president but new members of Congress who will play a key role in passing laws that can have profound effects on the country. But as our North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher explains, while the national mood may be one of anger at what Trump has done since becoming president, there are also real concerns among some voters about his health, policies and future plans.
This year’s election process starts with state and local primaries and caucuses where a ballot is cast for candidates from the two major political parties. The winners then go to their respective party conventions which choose delegates who will ultimately vote for the party’s nominees. At the end of the process a candidate must have 270 electoral votes to win the presidency. The winner is announced on Election Day.
As the campaign draws to a close, Harris and Trump are each trying to woo the same group of voters, including young people, women, minorities and voters worried about the economy. But as this map of the states demonstrates, those groups are spread out across the country and their issues can be different.
In late June, Biden’s poor performance in a televised debate with Trump prompted some Democrats and Democratic-leaning journalists to call for him to withdraw from the race. This was based on the idea that he had been making false claims and stumbling over his answers and seemed to be weaker physically and mentally than his rival.