The unpredictable U.S. election, shaped by the Electoral College and voting practices, sees Harris slightly leading Trump in recent polls, yet both candidates offer limited promise for change on key issues like Turkey and Palestine.
I’ve observed that our media no longer shows as much interest in American elections as it once did, and I find this to be a positive development. However, given that the U.S. remains one of the poles in our multipolar world, it still warrants a few words on the current election.
According to polls, Trump was in the lead last week, but the latest surveys by Reuters/IPSOS and USA Today/Suffolk show Harris ahead by 3% and 1%, respectively. In other words, it’s a race where predicting the outcome up until the last moment is challenging.
When considering Harris as a loyal extension of the establishment and Trump, despite all his eccentricity, as an errant “rebellious elder,” it’s doubtful that either candidate offers a promising change for our country or for the critical issue of Palestine.
Nevertheless, nuances like Trump’s promises to “end wars” in the Middle East, his plan to withdraw from Syria during his presidency, and his view of Turkey’s exclusion from the F-35 program as an injustice, remain on the table.
The American election system—where the Electoral College prevents the popular vote from determining the winner—along with practices like signature-based or mail-in voting, which could potentially facilitate voter fraud, make the outcome even harder to predict.
