Kamala Harris has the momentum to beat Donald Trump

What was previously a rematch between two old, unpopular US presidential candidates has now become a captivating contest for the future of America. If presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris manages to build on her current momentum, she may well get the chance to inflict a crushing defeat on Trump and the Republican Party

US Vice President Kamala Harris. The Democratic Party — from its leaders to its donors — has done what it needed to do, expressing unreserved support for its new candidate.

Books will be written about the last month in American politics. In the space of just four weeks, the race for the US presidency has been twisted, turned, upended, and reset. Now, with just under 100 days to go until the election, Americans begin the race’s home stretch.

From the start of the campaign, voters’ top concern about President Joe Biden was his age. Already the oldest US president ever, Biden would be 86 at the end of a second four-year term. In both national and swing-state surveys, voters expressed serious doubts about his ability to maintain the mental acuity needed to run the country at such an advanced age.