The U.S. presidential elections are just around the corner. In the Democratic camp, a last-minute change has seen Kamala Harris replace Joe Biden as the presidential candidate. Polls slightly favor her victory over Donald Trump. Recently, new campaign ads for the Democrat appeared online, and they include a Polish reference. The votes of the Polish-American community are seen as crucial to the election outcome.
Poland Featured in Kamala Harris's Campaign Ad. This Is How Poland Was Presented
The U.S. election campaign is gaining momentum as the final days to win over undecided voters approach. The United States has a significant Polish-American population, and one of Harris’s latest ads is largely directed at them. In a video encouraging support for Harris, there is a reference to the Krakow legend of the trumpeter who, while on watch in the tower of St. Mary's Church, spotted hordes approaching the city and warned the residents by playing the Hejnał. Harris is compared to the brave trumpeter.
Kamala Harris has heard the trumpeter's signal and will defend our great allies, for their freedom and ours
- says the narrator in the ad. In another ad, the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus in 1240 is compared to Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
Will Polish-Americans Decide the U.S. Election? "They Could Determine the Result"
The Politico website spoke with Tom Malinowski, a former congressman and diplomat of Polish descent. Malinowski has no doubt that the Polish-American vote could be decisive. Polish-Americans make up five percent of Pennsylvania’s population, and votes from this state are considered key to determining the outcome of the presidential race.
If it's a close election, decided by a few thousand votes in one or more of these three states, there’s no doubt that Americans of Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and other Central and Eastern European origins could determine the result
- Malinowski said.
