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The following seven days should not all in regards to the US, simply largely. The headline act would be the Democratic Nationwide Conference, which formally kicks off on the United Heart in Chicago on Monday with greater than 50,000 folks anticipated to attend over the next few days, together with FT colleagues.
The DNC is an act of choreography to make an Olympic opening ceremony appear like the Gloucester cheese-rolling contest, with momentum step by step constructing over the week. This yr will characteristic speeches by President Joe Biden, then former presidents Barack Obama and Invoice Clinton earlier than the arrival on Thursday of Kamala Harris for her coronation tackle.
Since Biden stepped apart to permit Harris to take the nomination, the get together temper has been reworked, offering a momentum that has enabled her to drag forward of Republican rival Donald Trump within the essential battleground states of Michigan (+1.4 factors) and Wisconsin (+0.6 factors), based on the (free to view) FT ballot tracker.
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