U.S. states have been positioning themselves to

A Kashmiri Muslim bride sits along with others during a mass marriage of 51 couples in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, May. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)South Korean Air Force’s Black Eagles aerobatic team performs during the first day of the Singapore Airshow in Singapore, Feb. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

South Korean Air Force’s Black Eagles aerobatic team performs during the first day of the Singapore Airshow in Singapore, Feb. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)A Hindu devout hits another with burning coconut leaves, sending sparks and embers flying, in a ritual known as Lukat Gni, as part of Balinese Hindu New Year celebrations, in Bali, Indonesia, March 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)A Hindu devout hits another with burning coconut leaves, sending sparks and embers flying, in a ritual known as Lukat Gni, as part of Balinese Hindu New Year celebrations, in Bali, Indonesia, March 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Lakshmi, on her 86th birthday, is carried by rescue workers from a residential apartment, flooded due to heavy rains in Bengaluru, India, Oct. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)Lakshmi, on her 86th birthday, is carried by rescue workers from a residential apartment, flooded due to heavy rains in Bengaluru, India, Oct. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

A man looks out from a container restaurant near an art sculpture depicting a sleeping Chinese astronaut in the Songzhuang art district in eastern Beijing, Oct. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A man looks out from a container restaurant near an art sculpture depicting a sleeping Chinese astronaut in the Songzhuang art district in eastern Beijing, Oct. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)which is expected to be both close and consequential for the nation’s future.

Many of those who joined Sunday’s marches had traveled from across, a country of nearly 38 million people, not just to support a candidate but to rally behind sharply divergent visions for the nation’s future.

At the head of one march was Rafał Trzaskowski, 53, the pro-European Union mayor of Warsaw who supports abortion rights and LGBTQ+ inclusion. He is a close political ally of Prime Minister, who has led a centrist coalition government since late 2023.