Donald Trump casts ballot in Florida and says he feels ‘very confident’ !!!! Second-generation Americans want to prosper, and see Trump as a better enabler

US election 2024 updates:  Democrat Kamala Harris, incumbent Vice President, cast her vote by mail ballot to California.

Trump casts ballot in Florida and says he feels ‘very confident’ as result remains on knife edge  

More 'desi men' are inclined to vote for Trump... they say while Indian-origin women apparently support Kamala Harris.  

Did he spoil Democracts' show from very beginning ? 

As Indian-American voters queue up to vote in the crucial November 5 US presidential election, one would have expected them to support Kamala Harris, who has Indian roots, overwhelmingly. But this might not be the case. And if Republican candidate Donald Trump wins an election that is expected to see a photo finish, he will have one segment of desi voters to thank -- the young Indian-American men, says an article in 'India Today'. 

Though just 1.5% of the voting population, Indian-Americans punch way above their weight. It is also a fast-growing, influential voting community. Though the US presidential election has turned out to be battle of the sexes, a cohort of Indian-origin Americans, once considered loyal Democrat voters, have surprisingly turned pro-Trumpers. 

The second-generation Americans now want to prosper, and see Trump as a better enabler than Harris. It is also true that affluence brings in conservative traits.

The Trump campaign realised this and went all out to reach out to the young Indian-American men. 

Kamala Harris, on the other hand, is seen as identifying more as a Black than Brown. From appreciating Prime Minister Narendra Modi to condemning the violence against Hindus in Bangladesh, Trump has done it all. 

He has also discussed his Texas 'Howdy Modi' rally in a podcast. It is to reach out to the desi community and tell them he has their back.  While PM Modi backed Trump in the 2020 election, he hasn't expressed any strong support for Harris, whose mother immigrated to the US from a village in Tamil Nadu.

The Trump-Modi affinity has made many young Indian-Americans believe that a Trump administration would be good for the India-US relationship. Apart from their country of residence, Indian-origin people abroad also draw their strength from a strong and stable leadership in India.

"Modi (India), he's a friend of mine and also the nicest human being. Before him being appointed as the Prime Minister, India was very unstable. On the outside, he looks like he's your father. He is the nicest and a total killer," said Trump in the podcast, Flagrant 2.

Increasingly, younger men in the US feel that the world is changing too rapidly, and they are uncertain about their economic and social status. 

A Trump campaign followed by a victory would result in assurance of the status quo for these men.

“I don’t have to tell them that there’ll be no violence. Of course there will be no violence,” Trump tells reporters in Florida.

He says his supporters “are not violent people … these are people that believe in no violence...I certainly don’t want any violence, but I certainly don’t have to tell [these] great people,'” he says.  

The FBI has warned Americans that two new fake videos bearing the agency’s name and insignia are being “misused in promoting false narratives surrounding the election”.

In a statement on Tuesday, the law enforcement agency said it is aware of a “fabricated news clip purporting to be a terrorist warning issued by the FBI” that urges Americans to “vote remotely”, citing a high terror threat at polling stations.

The second video contains a fabricated FBI press release that claims “five prisons in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Arizona rigged inmate voting and colluded with a political party,” the FBI said.