Who is Vice President Kamala Harris? That could be a recurring theme presented at the Democratic National Convention over four days in Chicago. Typically, a political party’s national convention is used to choose a presidential nominee and update their party platform. But the Democratic National Convention that starts Monday could be unlike any other.
That’s because until July 21, President Joe Biden was the presumed presidential nominee for the party. But after giving a against his opponent, former President Donald Trump, Biden was asked to step aside. Biden’s announcement came just three days after the And on Aug.
5, Harris became the party’s official nominee, without any opposition. of Minnesota. “Voters are still getting to know Kamala Harris and they’re certainly getting to know Tim Walz, and so they’re going to present different views of themselves,” said Chris Cooper, a political science professor at Western Carolina University.
Cooper said with Trump, people know who he is, but they were are looking to see if he could smooth his rough edges and temper himself around Harris. “There’s still a sense people are trying to get to know her,” Cooper said of Harris. “And so I would imagine that the programming, the speeches, the messaging, will reflect that.
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