Until last week, it appeared the US elections would be about one single issue: Joe Biden’s age. Biden has since stepped aside, and Kamala Harris’s nomination as the Democrats’ presidential candidate is now a near certainty.
This leaves the Democrats facing an arguably even bigger issue. Having been in charge for 12 of the past 16 years, they are the party of the status quo – but US voters clearly want significant change.
In a New York Times poll of voters in six crucial battleground states this May, 55% of respondents said the current political and economic system needs major changes, with another 14% saying it should be torn down completely. Some 70% of respondents felt Donald Trump is the man who could achieve such an overhaul, with 43% thinking that the changes he would make would be good for the country.
