Americans vote for their presidents with respect to American issues, not really much on matters related to foreign issues, and the Horn of Africa States region is probably at the very bottom of the list of any matter of concern to any US presidential candidate – in this case Vice President Kamala Harris or Ex-President Donald Trump.
Abortion, prescription drugs, lowering voting age, universal basic income, free college, and border walls constitute some of the basic thoughts in the minds of American candidates. Whatever they are, at least, Americans have a respect for their constitution and national discipline. They carry out a legal election process every so often on scheduled dates, which no one can change at one’s whim, unlike Africans and in particular, Horn African leaders who usually overstay beyond their original mandates.
Americans vote for their presidents and legislative houses, governors and many other members in the governing structures of the country and usually, it is the one they most probably consider close to their thought processes, that they elect for any particular position, including the presidency, although money and finances play significant and tangible roles in the election processes. Four years ago, they elected President Biden although he was of an advanced age and eight years earlier, Donald Trump was elected.
The elections this year pits an ultra conservative candidate, ex-president Donald Trump against a democrat, considered a moderate, but could be more to the right than left and a female of color, Vice President Kamala Harris. It is quite a contrast, and Americans would certainly make a choice. They know Trump as a president but Harris as a president is an unknown quantity. A vice President in the United States does not really........