What a Kamala Harris Cabinet could look like

If Vice President Kamala Harris defeats former President Donald Trump in what is expected to be a close presidential election, she will have to decide whether or not to use her Cabinet to differentiate herself from the Biden administration.

This will be a major consideration, several political scientists told Newsweek.

"Given the circumstances of how Kamala Harris became the nominee—given that she stepped up to continue the campaign started by Biden—one strategy might be to signal some measure of continuity to any voters who have heartburn over the process that led to Biden stepping aside," politics professor Jeremy Walling of Southeast Missouri State University said.