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The Democratic National Committee announced on the 2nd that US Vice President Harris has obtained enough delegate votes to secure the Democratic presidential nomination.

The online voting, which involved about 4,700 Democratic delegates, began on the morning of the 1st. After about a day and a half of voting, Jame Harrison, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, announced that Harris had obtained enough delegate votes to lock in the nomination. The committee is expected to end the online voting on the 5th and officially announce the results. Harris' campaign team said that Harris has received more than 2,350 votes, reaching the threshold to lock in the nomination.

On August 1, US Vice President Harris was in Maryland, USA. Source: Xinhua News Agency

On July 21, under political and public pressure, US President and Democrat Biden announced that he would give up his re-election bid and "endorsed" Harris as the Democratic presidential candidate. The Democratic National Convention is scheduled to be held in Chicago from August 19 to 22, and the Democratic Party plans to formally nominate the party's presidential candidate at the convention. The Democratic Party hopes to conduct online voting in advance to determine the party's presidential candidate as soon as possible.

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According to U.S. media reports, Harris is expected to announce her running mate on the 5th at the latest, and the two will hold their first joint campaign rally in Philadelphia on the 6th. Popular candidates for Harris' running mate include Pennsylvania Governor Shapiro, Arizona Senator Kelly and Kentucky Governor Beshear.

It is worth noting that, considering Harris's female identity and minority background, her staff hopes to increase the diversity of the campaign team, and white male politicians in key swing states may become the first choice of the Democratic Party. In addition, given the Democratic Party's electoral disadvantage in rural areas and deep red states, the Democratic Party may also choose politicians from these areas who can achieve good results against the Republicans, thereby countering Vance (Trump's running mate) who boasts of having a rural family background in the "Rust Belt". The Financial Times analyzed thatHarris' selection criteria include whether she can help her narrow the gap in support with Trump in key swing states.At the same time, good legislative performance, personal wealth and wide popularity are also reference criteria.

According to the latest poll data, Harris and Republican presidential candidate and former President Trump are close in the polls, and the election is currently in a stalemate. According to poll data compiled by the US election information website "Real Transparent Politics", as of July 31, Trump was leading Harris by an average of 1.2 percentage points in national polls, while before Biden withdrew from the election, Trump's advantage over Harris was 1.7 percentage points.