The tipping-point election
PHILADELPHIA, PA September 10, 2024: Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Vice President during the first presidential debate at National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, PA on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. ABC News hosted the first presidential debate between Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during the 2024 general election. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)
Both of the major-party presidential candidates describe the election two weeks from now as determinative for the future of the nation. Many or most of their supporters, it seems safe to say, concur with those assessments: that America is at a fork in the road, and voters will determine which route the nation takes.
