What’s making presidential campaigns tick?

• Kamala Harris’ campaign is based on a diminishing statistic, while Donald Trump’s campaign is based on an ascending one.
• Abortion rights are a top priority for Kamala Harris, but the rate of abortion has steadily decreased since the 1970s.
• Immigration, Trump’s cause, is rising due to the immigration acts of 1965 and 1990, which allowed Latin Americans and Asians in.
• Abortion rates fell from 29.3 per 1,000 women in the 15-44 year age range to 11.6 abortions per 1,000 women between 1981 and 2021.
• Abortion rights still occur, often forcing women to travel under duress from their home state to another where it is allowed.
• Women beyond the child-bearing age are committed to bringing abortion rights back because they fought for it in the 1970s.
• About 50% of immigrants to the US are from Latin America, and as much as a quarter from Mexico alone.
• Donald Trump’s tirade against migrants from south of the border is appealing due to the diversity of immigrants.
• Donald Trump’s cause needs no translation into everyday tongue, and any attempt to undermine the huge presence of unauthorised migrants will be met with hostility and disbelief.
• Kamala Harris tends to wander when confronted with this issue.
• As abortion rights actively matter to fewer women today, Democrats are forced to frame this demand in terms of rights.
• Kamala Harris is usually part of an elaborate ensemble in public with entertainers such as Bruce Springsteen, Usher, Lizzie, and now Beyoncé.
• The contrasting styles of the finalists are due to the cause each one promotes.