Canadians are optimistic that Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s nominee, will win the US presidential election in November.
Toronto Although they will not be able to cast a ballot in the US presidential election of 2024, many Canadians think highly of Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s contender for vice president, and many believe she will win this November.
A recent survey conducted by the Canadian non-profit public polling organization Angus Reid Institute (ARI) indicates that half of the respondents, or 50%, “say they are ‘hopeful’ when they consider the prospect of her winning the election in November,” while two-thirds, or 64%, “hold favourable views of the current Vice-President.”
The two terms that Canadians would most frequently use to characterize Harris are “strong” (40%) and “inspiring” (35%).
As Canadians “consider Harris potentially stepping into the White House as President,” ARI added, another word used in relation to the American presidential race is “relieved.”
This is a result of Canadians’ unfavorable perception of former US President and Republican Party nominee Donald Trump. Seventy-six percent, or more, have a negative opinion of Trump.
Naturally, Harris would become the first African-American woman and the first woman of Indian-American descent to hold the office of president of the United States. According to the Canadians surveyed, gender can have a role in elections, with the majority believing that it is easier for males to be elected to high political office (73%), while 22% disagree.
Despite the fact that Democrats are more popular in Canada than Republicans, Harris is seen as more positive than Hillary Clinton, the party’s 2016 nominee. In September of that year, an ARI poll found that 55% of respondents either didn’t like her or didn’t like her very lot. “Harris clearly generates more positive views, even though measured on a different scale,” according to ARI.
Harris’s Canadian ties may contribute to the improved view. As the Canadian Press reported in July, Harris moved to Montreal when she was twelve years old, accompanied by her mother Shyamala Gopalan, who worked at the Jewish General Hospital of Montreal’s Lady Davis Institute. Between 1978 until 1981, she studied at the Westmount High School in the Quebec city.
