In New York, it seems that this is the center of the world.Everything in the world is closely related to here.The United Nations General Assembly of anti -war student demonstrations and dignitaries gathered by Columbia University campus, let alone the dazzling up and down index of the New York Stock Exchange.The same exception is the American election that is ongoing.
I just moved to the United States last year and lived in the 16th Congress of New York State.In the first half of the preliminary election of the Democratic Federal House of Representatives, it was the focus of the United States.The Chief Executive of Westguster County defeated the current members of the Republic of Baoman and became a Democratic candidate.
When the primary election of the Representatives, almost every household was inserted Latimo's billboard on the lawn at the door.On the eve of the voting, there were also votes in the neighborhood chat group and parent exchange group.Even in the media in the country, the small election of the 16th Congress of New York State is the focus of reporting.After experiencing the preliminary election, I thought the atmosphere of the November election must be more intense, and it was expected.
Now it is mid -October. On the lawn of the surrounding neighbors, only the billboards of the Democratic Party presidential candidate Harris can only be seen. Republican candidate Trump's billboards are very few.Watching the on -site rally, but the campaign rally of the two major candidates was not selected here. They came to New York to raise funds.When I sent my doubts to a friend in Texas, she replied: "You are so blue (the Democratic Party), why do they waste money?"
When I see a reply, I can even feel my friend's expression.After all, it is still too naive after all.In fact, not only the presidential election, but also the federal members of the 16th Congress of New York State on November 5.But I have already defaulted to Latimo, and I don't even know the names of the Republican candidate, because I have never seen the billboard of Republican candidates.
After some online search, I learned that the Republican candidate was a female doctor named Miliammfrise.Due to the exit of other candidates, she became a Republican candidate before she voted by the preliminary election.During the mid -term election two years ago, she was also a Republican candidate, and was nearly 30 percentage points at the time.
Due to the slim hope of winning, her resources are very limited.According to the statistics of the Federal Election Commission, as of June 30, Latimme raised more than $ 6.4 million (about S $ 8.4 million), while Flisse was only less than $ 13,000.By the way, her X platform account has less than 400 followers, and the average viewing volume of each tweet is even less than three digits.The American election map is almost unlimited, and the resources of both parties are limited.As a Republican candidate, it does not mean that there is sufficient resources to conduct a true election campaign.
It is not only around New York City. My daily activities include New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, and they basically cannot feel the election atmosphere.I have seen a specialty store of Trump -related products at Connecticut. I parked at the door and observed for 15 minutes. I didn't see anyone entering the store shopping.As for Harris' related products, I have never seen it in a physical store.Perhaps in the remaining two or three weeks, I have to consider going to Pennsylvania to turn around and feel the atmosphere of the battlefield state.
Listening to people said that the US election is actually only seven or eight battlefield states. The remaining 40 states have long stood up. The red and blue colors are clear, just waiting for the battlefield state to make a decision in early November.Choose president.I have only heard of such a statement before, and I have a real feeling when I came here.Americans have the right to select the most powerful Earth in November, but the value of each voting is obviously not the same.
The author is a sports column commentator
