Kamala Harris will have a hard time beating Donald Trump. In order to win the presidential elections, he will have to overcome significant obstacles.

What are these?

The Democratic convention in Chicago with its “historic” speeches, promises, applause, lights and cheers should not overshadow the fact that it will be difficult for Kamala Harris to prevail against Donald Trump in the presidential election in November . Despite the festive atmosphere and momentum of the convention, former First Lady Michelle Obama warned in her speech: “No matter how well we do tonight or tomorrow or feel tonight or tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, it’s going to be an uphill battle.”

What obstacles will Kamala Harris have to overcome:

The content:

The 59-year-old politician has been vice president for more than three and a half years. As the leader of Joe Biden’s government, she is therefore partly responsible for what is not going so well: “There are indeed unsolved problems, such as uncontrolled immigration,” says the German government’s coordinator of transatlantic relations, Michael Link. The current vice-president was specifically responsible for immigration and more specifically for combating the causes of the flight of tens of thousands of people from their homelands to the USA. This is an important issue in the pre-election race where former President Trump appears to have the initiative.

In other important areas, such as the economy, employment and inflation, the government is not doing badly. The citizens, however, do not seem satisfied with this even partial progress. Kamala Harris should therefore “win points with the electorate on the issues of security, immigration and the cost of living with credible proposals,” adds moderator Michael Link.

Performance:

As a prosecutor and senator, Kamala Harris has always appeared in public with confidence. As vice president, however, it seems that she has not yet found her footing. She was barely visible in this admittedly difficult office, unable to score points on burning issues, making mistakes and often giving the impression of being insecure and tense.

From the moment the Democrats chose Kamala Harris as their presidential candidate, her popularity skyrocketed. He is now ahead of Donald Trump in the polls.

In recent weeks, however, since Biden dropped out of the race, the US vice president has appeared exclusively at well-choreographed and staged campaign rallies, avoiding any possible embarrassment: No interviews, no press conferences, no visits to politically sensitive areas.

The “key” States:

In the so-called swing states, that is, the States that ultimately determine the outcome of the presidential elections, the Trump-Harris battle is expected to be decided in the thread. These are the states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada.

Both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are focusing their campaign almost exclusively on these states, because there only a few thousand votes make a difference. For example, Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia was decided by about 12,000 votes.

The third candidate:

Independent presidential candidate Robert Francis Kennedy appeared to have dropped out of the race and will support Donald Trump. The nephew of the legendary former president John F. Kennedy had no chance of being elected in the presidential election. However, polls put him at around 5%, a percentage that will benefit Donald Trump if the presidential election does go down to the wire, as polls so far show. The joining of Robert Francis Kennedy to the Trump camp was the first strong blow received by Kamala Harris in the final stretch of the presidential election.

Editor: Stefanos Georgakopoulos