(The Guardian) Trump scaling back campaign efforts in some swing states – reports
Donald Trump is scaling back his campaigning in several states he had previously targeted, including some swing states, according to reports, in a sign of how the Republican presidential candidate’s path to victory is narrowing in his run against Kamala Harris.
Trump’s campaign is placing less emphasis on New Hampshire, Minnesota and Virginia and instead pouring resources into Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin – three states seen as crucial to both sides’ chances of victory, according to an Axios report.
In New Hampshire, Trump’s campaign appears to be drawing down its operations. The Republican candidate has not set foot in the state since he won the state’s primary in January, and his campaign has not sent a high-profile surrogate there since the spring, according to Politico.
In addition to the critical battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, Donald Trump has also refocused his campaign efforts on North Carolina, Arizona and Nevada, where he had significant polling leads before Harris made them competitive, according to the Axios report.
It’s a stark contrast from late July, when the Trump campaign came rolling out of the Republican national convention in Milwaukee boasting that it could expand its electoral map.
In the days after Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance, the Republican National Committee chair, Michael Whatley, laid out an ambitious plan to campaign in the major battleground states and also court votes in states that Trump lost in 2016 and 2020. Whatley said: We’ve now started to engage in Minnesota and in Virginia and in New Hampshire. So we’re playing offense all around the country. The Biden campaign is playing defense.
Today, New Hampshire stands as a sign of how Trump’s path to victory is narrowing, with a series of polls showing Kamala Harris opening a lead over Trump, according to Politico. In an email on Sunday, a top Trump volunteer wrote that the campaign “as determined that New Hampshire is no longer a battleground state” and advised supporters to instead direct their attention to Pennsylvania.
Donald Trump is scaling back his campaigning in several states he had previously targeted, including some swing states, according to reports, in a sign of how the Republican presidential candidate’s path to victory is narrowing in his run against Kamala Harris.
Trump’s campaign is placing less emphasis on New Hampshire, Minnesota and Virginia and instead pouring resources into Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin – three states seen as crucial to both sides’ chances of victory, according to an Axios report.
In New Hampshire, Trump’s campaign appears to be drawing down its operations. The Republican candidate has not set foot in the state since he won the state’s primary in January, and his campaign has not sent a high-profile surrogate there since the spring, according to Politico.
In addition to the critical battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, Donald Trump has also refocused his campaign efforts on North Carolina, Arizona and Nevada, where he had significant polling leads before Harris made them competitive, according to the Axios report.
It’s a stark contrast from late July, when the Trump campaign came rolling out of the Republican national convention in Milwaukee boasting that it could expand its electoral map.
In the days after Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance, the Republican National Committee chair, Michael Whatley, laid out an ambitious plan to campaign in the major battleground states and also court votes in states that Trump lost in 2016 and 2020. Whatley said: We’ve now started to engage in Minnesota and in Virginia and in New Hampshire. So we’re playing offense all around the country. The Biden campaign is playing defense.
Today, New Hampshire stands as a sign of how Trump’s path to victory is narrowing, with a series of polls showing Kamala Harris opening a lead over Trump, according to Politico. In an email on Sunday, a top Trump volunteer wrote that the campaign “as determined that New Hampshire is no longer a battleground state” and advised supporters to instead direct their attention to Pennsylvania.
