Who will win the US election? Have your say

Ross McGuinness

Yahoo UK's poll of the week lets you vote and indicate your strength of feeling on one of the week's hot topics. After 72 hours the poll closes and, each Friday, we'll publish and analyse the results, giving readers the chance to see how polarising a topic has become and if their view chimes with other Yahoo UK readers.

US former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, a bandage on his ear after being wounded in an assassination attempt, applauds during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15, 2024. Donald Trump won formal nomination as the Republican presidential candidate and picked a right-wing loyalist for running mate, kicking off a triumphalist party convention in the wake of last weekend's failed assassination attempt. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Former US president Donald Trump appeared at the Republican National Convention with a bandage on his ear after being wounded in an assassination attemp. (AFP via Getty Images) (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI via Getty Images)

Donald Trump is now the heavy favourite to win the US presidential election later this year.

It has been a remarkable few weeks for the former president, who lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden.

Initially, the numerous legal issues facing Trump suggested he'd face an uphill battle in the presidential election - however polls indicate that even his criminal conviction in the hush money case has not affected support from his base.

And just last week, Trump was handed a legal victory by a Florida judge, who dismissed the US Justice Department's classified documents case against the former president.

Biden's disappointing performance in the first televised debate between the pair led to many Democrats calling for the president to drop out of the race over concerns about his age and ability, which has also given Republicans a confidence boost ahead of the November polls.

And finally, Trump survived an assassination attempt on Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania, and his defiant punching of the air as blood dripped across his face has already become the defining image of this election.

On Monday, Trump arrived at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to be formally crowned the party's nominee for president, and received a rapturous welcome as he appeared with a bandaged ear.

He also announced his running mate and vice-presidential pick, Ohio senator JD Vance, once a critic of Trump but now one of his closest allies.

All of this has made Trump the hot favourite to return to the presidency - on betting aggregate website Oddschecker, he is currently at 4/11, with Biden on 9/2 and vice-president Kamala Harris, who many Democrats want to replace Biden, at 11/1.

But who do you think will win the US election? Have your say below.

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