Under the former president Donald Trump hoping to win battleground states next week, he will visit some states outside of his usual swing states as part of his. campaignclosing area.
Trump rallies in Salem over the weekend Virginiaand Albuquerque, New Mexicoannounced campaign and Republican Party of New Mexicorespectively. The former president’s schedule is filled with stops in battleground states in the last eight days of the campaign, but he also has stops that show the campaign wants to move Democratic-leaning states into competitive races.
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Neither Virginia nor New Mexico have voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 2004, when then-President George W. Bush was re-elected. Both were rated as “probably democratic”. Cooke’s Political Report.
New Mexico and Virginia polled less than swing states like Pennsylvania, Arizona, Michigan and Georgia, but Real clean politics Vice President Kamala Harris has a clear lead in the two-state polling average.
At Old Dominion, Harris leads Trump, 50.2% to 43.8% in the average poll, an October Christopher Newport University poll showed Harris leading by up to 11 points and a September University of Mary Washington poll showing Harris leading by up to 2 points.
Vice President in Wonderland holds According to the polling average, the former president has a 50%-42.3% lead, with only three polls since mid-September leading Harris by 6-9 points, based on the average.
In both states, Republicans are trying to flip key House seats to strengthen their slim majority in the lower house of Congress.
Republican in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District Derrick Anderson is seeking to defeat Democrat Eugene “Eugene” Windman and unseat 2025 gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger (D-VA). Former Republican Rep. Yvette Herrell is running in New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District. in 2022 to retake his seat from Gabriel Vazquez (D-NM), who narrowly defeated him. Cooke’s Political Report.
The rallies continue Trump’s trend of moving into heavily blue states during this campaign as he seeks to become the first president since Grover Cleveland to win non-consecutive terms in the White House.
Trump made the trip Virginia after his June debate against President Joe Biden, less than a month before the president dropped out and Harris launched his truncated campaign.
Earlier this month, Trump was held A blue state immigration rally in Aurora, Colorado. The Centennial state was another target of Trump’s hopes of making blue states more competitive, despite calling the state “strongly Democratic.” Cooke’s Political Report. The state has a competitive House race in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District, where Republicans are trying to turn a blue seat red.
The former president held several rallies in his former home state of New York during the general election period. He held a rally in the district The Bronx in May and another hour Madison Square Garden on Sunday in Manhattan a rally last month in Uniondale, Long Island.
The Empire State is billed as a “strongly Democratic” US presidential race Cooke’s Political Reporteven after a stronger-than-usual gubernatorial race in 2022. In 2024, New York Republicans will focus on several key House races, including three GOP congressmen in “lean” or “lean Republican” races for re-election. .
The Trump campaign’s rally calendar through Friday includes two rallies in Wisconsin and rallies in Georgia, North Carolina, Nevada and Pennsylvania. Over the weekend, he held a pair of rallies in Michigan and one in Pennsylvania. More campaign events are expected to be announced as election day approaches.
Harris’ campaign has focused less on Republican states, but held a rally with BeyoncĂ© in Texas on Friday. Texas is rated “probably Republican.” Cooke’s Political Report.
As the vice president delivers his closing remarks to voters on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., a campaign rally in a swing jurisdiction, D.C. has never voted for, or come close to voting for, a Republican nominee. president.
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The election may follow results in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Five of the seven battleground states voted for Trump in 2016 but then voted for Biden in 2020. North Carolina voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020, while Nevada voted for Democrats in 2016 and 2020.