■ By Lalit K Jha :
WASHINGTON,
THE United States will on
Tuesday vote to elect its 47th
President in a fierce race
between Republican nominee
Donald Trump and Democratic
leader Kamala Harris that is set
to go down in history as one of
the tightest fights for the White
House in decades.
The electoral battle appears
to have gone to the wire,
according to latest opinion
polls. Harris, 60, is the nominee of the Democratic Party
and Trump, 78, is the
Republican nominee. Their
party members and support
bases are united with their
respective parties, and independent votes might decide
who would be the next occupant of the White House.
To win the elections, a candidates needs 270 of the electoral college votes.
Latest opinion polls indicate
that the elections will be decidedby the results inseven battle ground states of
Arizona,Nevada,Wisconsin,
Michigan, Pennsylvania,
North Carolina andGeorgia.
Of these, Michigan and
Pennsylvaniaplaykeyroleto
themreachingthe270-mark.
The presidential race
appearstobehurtlingtoward
a photo finish, with the final
set of polls by The New York
TimesandSienaCollegefinding Harris gaining new
strength in North Carolina
and Georgia even as Trump
erases her lead in
Pennsylvaniaandmaintains
hisadvantageinArizona,the
daily reported Sunday.
AccordingtoTheNewYork
Times,Harrisisnownarrowly
ahead in Nevada, North
Carolina andWisconsin, the
pollsshow,whileTrumpleads
in Arizona. “The polls show
themlockedinclose races in
Michigan, Georgia and
Pennsylvania.
Buttheresults
in all seven states are within
themarginofsamplingerror,
meaning neither candidate
hasadefinitive lead in any
of them,” the daily reported.
The Real Clear Politics,
which tracks all the major
national and battleground
polls, said it’s a tie between
Trump and Harris. In the
national polls, Trump leads
by0.1percentagepoints,and
inbattlegroundstatestheformerPresidenthas anedgeof
0.9 percentage points.