Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. Our guests are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg and Dr. Gerald Horne.
Shortly, the future of the United States - and arguably the world as a whole - will be decided at the ballot box. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, will face off against Donald Trump and Mike Pence for the White House. At the moment, Trump is down in almost all national polls against Biden. Out of 12 battleground states, Trump is only leading in one (Texas), while Trump and Biden remain statistically tied in Arizona and Ohio, according to Real Clear Politics. The rest are firmly for Biden. Along with the presidency, all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate will be contested. In the Senate, Republicans are defending 23 seats. There will also be two special elections: one in Arizona to fill the vacancy following the death of John McCain in 2018 and one in Georgia following the resignation of Johnny Isakson at the end of 2019. Thirteen state and territorial governorships, along with several other state and local elections, will also be contested. The stakes are higher than they've ever been before and recent political developments are a reflection of this.
