“When @JoeBiden and I are in the White House we’ll listen to scientists, promote masks to save lives, implement nationwide testing and tracing, and ensure vaccines are free to all,” she tweeted.

The bitter and divisive race for White House between Republican incumbent President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden comes in the midst of coronavirus pandemic which has infected over 92 lakh people and claimed the lives of more than 2,30,000 others in the country, making it the worst hit nation from the deadly virus.

While the formal election is today, nearly 93 million people have already cast their ballots in early voting, including 33 million in-person votes and 58 million mail-in ballots. To be elected as president , a candidate should win at least 270 votes in what is called the Electoral College.

The 2020 US Presidential election is much different than previous elections as people cast their ballots amid rising anxiety and worry about the country’s future due to the pandemic and eight percent unemployment.

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Among the top reasons for interest in the US President is a meeting between popular American rapper Lil Wayne and other rappers and Trump after the recent racial attacks in the United States. Racism is one of the hot topics in this election, and rappers supporting US President’s policies has turned the attention of many.

Meanwhile in-person voting has begun in some parts of the United States. Voters were urged to vote early through mail-in ballots, to avoid queues amid the coronavirus pandemic. More than 99.5 million early votes have been cast so far. Additionally, about 28.2 million mail ballots are yet to be returned to polling authorities. As a result, over 100 million votes would have been cast and recorded even before the Election Day.

As the election day kickstarted, the Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris urged for in person voting by saying “ mask up and find your polling place”.

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Christian Association and Alliance for Social, (CASA) , a Kerala-based body, has put up a hoarding in support of Trump at one of the busiest part of Kochi in Ernakulam.

The prominent placing of the hoarding at the heart of the city is piquing curiosity of many along with abuses and threats.

The hoarding titled ‘President Donald Trump and vice president Mike Pence staunch supporters of India’, says that “the whole world benefitted by your actions against terrorism. You have made Arabs and Israelis friends. Make America great again. We wish you a thumping victory.

According to CASA, there are several reasons why they support Trump. Some of the reasons are that there was no war during the regime of Trump, took stern actions against terrorism, handling of China and his relationship with North Korea.

The Christian body is appealing to all Malayalis with US citizenship to support Trump in the elections. They are also carrying out campaigns through social media.

CASA, which was formed a couple of years back to fight against social issues.

The United States Presidential election is all set to happen on November 3. Donald Trump was specifically trying to woo Indian Americans voters during the election campaign. While the data show that Indian American mostly vote Democrat, the Republican party is trying to target voters who are likely to switch loyalties based on Prime Minister Narendra Modi- Trump camaradiere.

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“Look at China, how filthy it is. Look at Russia. Look at India. The air is filthy. I walked out of the Paris Accord as we had to take out trillions of dollars and we were treated very unfairly,” said Trump during his final presidential debate in Tennessee.

This is not the first time that Trump has blamed countries like China and India for not doing anything to control the adverse effects of climate change. Earlier, the US president had claimed that India and China are regions in the world where it is impossible to breathe.

““We have the best environmental numbers, ozone numbers, and so many other numbers. In the meantime, China, Russia, India all these countries they’re spewing stuff into the air,” added Trump during the rally.

In the final presidential debate, Trump’s opponent Joe Biden lashed out at the US president for befriending with North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un. Biden started attacking Trump when the president claimed that he has avoided war through his summits with Kim Jong-un.

Calling Kim Jong-un a thug, Biden revealed that Trump’s move was very similar to becoming a friend of Adolf Hitler before the second world war.

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