Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are both campaigning in the swing state of Pennsylvania this weekend, just before the vice president, who is making valuable gains in the polls, heads to the Democratic convention.
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The former president is scheduled to hold a rally in a small town in eastern Pennsylvania on Saturday afternoon, while his challenger will board a bus to tour several districts in November’s presidential election.
Kamala Harris will travel to Chicago to celebrate her inauguration as her party rallied around her after the implosion of Joe Biden’s candidacy at the end of July.
Since then, polls have been trending favorably for the candidate who, if elected, would be the first female president of the United States.
A new poll released Saturday by The New York Times And Siena College now leads Kamala Harris in key states Arizona and North Carolina. He was close to his opponent in Georgia and Nevada.
Last week, he narrowly edged Donald Trump in the same polls in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
However, all these states are likely to tip the polls, which promises to be very close.
Faced with the momentum gained by the Democratic campaign, Donald Trump has struggled to find a solution, despite several speeches, including a last-minute press conference in New Jersey on Thursday.
A war on the economy
So Donald Trump must try on Saturday to find a second wind in front of his supporters in Pennsylvania, the state where an assassination attempt targeted him in early July.
In 2020, the 78-year-old billionaire lost to Joe Biden, but he still benefits from strong support in rural areas and small towns.
The Republican campaign team wants him to focus more on the news on immigration and inflation than direct attacks on his rival.
“American workers are being harmed by the dangerous liberal policies of the Biden-Harris administration,” he said in his group’s statement before the rally.
But on Thursday, Donald Trump said he felt it was “legitimate” to personally attack Democrats, whom he describes as “communists” and whose “intelligence” he questions.
The two candidates clashed over the economy this week, with the former president blaming Democrats for “disastrous” price increases while he cast himself as a champion of the middle classes.
The 59-year-old candidate laid out some concrete proposals during a trip to North Carolina on Friday, including building three million new housing units.
Create excitement
On Sunday, Kamala Harris will join her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walls, and their spouses on a bus tour that will begin in Pittsburgh but also pass through the “historically conservative” county. Her team is rural.
The goal will be to build on or “extend” Joe Biden’s victory in the state four years ago. Constantly trying to differentiate themselves from the dark vision portrayed by Donald Trump.
The former California attorney will head to Chicago, where he needs to build on the excitement he gained from entering the race a month ago, giving his camp hope of winning the election.
Before giving his speech Thursday evening, Joe will draw the support of Biden — who was demoted to a chamber aide after being forced to give up a second term due to concerns about his vitality — and former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.
