The presidential contest between President Donald Trump and Border Czar Comrade Kamala is being reported by the trollsters as a close one.
But trollster-isms and election fraud aside, below is a quick review of the battleground states.
This from washingtonexaminer.com.
Pennsylvania — 19 electoral votes
The Keystone State’s 19 electoral votes have made it the crown jewel of the 2024 election, with both candidates spending a significant amount of time in Pennsylvania as they sought to win over crucial blue-collar union workers in the state.
Leftist strategist Brad Bannon said:
I think if Harris wins Pennsylvania, she wins the thing. If she loses it, she loses it, you know? I mean, the reality is, I think she’s going to need a sweeping Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and Michigan.
Bannon said:
[T]he big question in Pennsylvania will be on turnout, especially turnout of black voters in the Philadelphia suburbs.
According to Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt:
Pennsylvania has a total of 9 million active registered voters, 4 million of whom are Democrats, 3.7 million are Republicans, and 1.1 million who have no affiliation or are affiliated with minor parties.
Comrade Kamala has struggled with union support since ascending to the top of the ticket after Biden was ousted. Two major unions, Teamsters and the International Association of Fire Fighters, chose not to endorse either Kamala or Trump in 2024, despite having backed Biden in 2020.
Republican strategist Ron Nehring told the Washington Examiner:
Harris’s struggles in the state are because she is from a different generation of the Democratic Party than Biden.
Wisconsin is part of the “blue wall,” along with Pennsylvania and Michigan, that voted for the democrat (communist/globalist) presidential nominee six straight times from 1992 to 2012. Wisconsin voters share similar concerns to Pennsylvania’s voters, with union members making up a notable portion of the state’s demographics. Comrade Kamala made an appeal to union members in the state last week, arguing to members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union that Trump is a threat to labor workers.
Wisconsin has played a key role in four of the past six presidential cycles, with Biden stealing from Trump by less than 1 percentage point in 2020. The state, which has flipped between both parties in recent cycles, had a high-profile judicial election in 2023 in which the left-leaning candidate beat the conservative pick.
The election was the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history, with donors on both sides of the aisle bringing in about $45 million to the contest.
Still, Trump has visited the state frequently as he looks to break into the blue wall, signaling he believes the state is still in play. He nabbed the endorsement of former Green Bay Packers Quarterback Brett Favre as well, tapping into the state’s love for the team and Favre’s fanbase.
Arizona — 11 electoral votes
The Grand Canyon State is one of the states both Trump and Comrade Kamala have spent most of their time.
The state, which has seen shifting demographics and rapid population growth, was once such a Republican stronghold that from 1952 to 2016, only a single Leftist nominee won its electoral votes: President Bill Clinton, in his 1996 reelection.
Biden stole the election there in 2020 by 10,457 votes out of nearly 3.4 million cast (49.36% to 49.06%). Kamala is hoping to hold on to the state.
But as immigration continues to top voter concerns in the battleground state, Bannon has questioned her chances to hold on to it.
Bannon said:
Of all the battleground states, it’s the only one where immigration is the No. 1 issue, and I think immigration voters are Trump-focused. So of all battleground states, I’ve never felt really good about Arizona.
Still, CEO and president of the Phoenix-based HighGround, Inc., Chuck Coughlin, an independent, told the Washington Examiner:
[T]he Grand Canyon State’s outcome will likely rest on voter turnout.
Michigan — 15 electoral votes
Michigan has gone for both parties in the two most recent presidential races. Trump flipped the Wolverine State in 2016 by the smallest margin in the nation before Biden stole it back in 2020.
In recent history, Michigan had largely become a blue stronghold, with no Republican having won the state since former President George H.W. Bush did in 1988 before Trump eked out his 2016 win against Hillary Clinton.
The Left has had much recent success in Michigan, where Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (C/G) easily won reelection in 2022 while the Left captured majorities in both chambers of the state legislature for the first time in nearly 40 years.
Michigan will be one to watch, however, as Leftist infighting in the state regarding [The Obiden-Harris Regime’s] handling of the war in Gaza has become a central issue in the state.
Abandon Harris, a pro-Palestinian group previously known as Abandon Biden, issued an endorsement for Jill Stein in October, a move that threatens to derail Kamala’s White House bid.
Nevada — 6 electoral votes
Republicans have not flipped the state of Nevada in the last four presidential cycles. Still, Leftist presidential victories have been close enough to keep Republicans playing there. Trump lost Nevada in 2016 and 2020 by less than 3 percentage points.
Latino voters, a key coalition that Comrade Kamala and President Trump have been courting, make up almost 30% of Nevada’s population. Kamala has struggled to get Latino men in her court, with polling showing her lagging with the coalition.
Georgia — 16 electoral votes
Georgia is another longtime Republican state that is now purple as its population continues to swell. Biden in 2020 garnered more ballots than Trump in Georgia by 11,779 out of nearly 5 million votes cast (49.47% to 49.24%). The previous Leftist nominee to win Georgia was Bill Clinton in 1992.
Down-ballot races in recent cycles offer both parties hope. The 2022 midterm elections showed Republicans are still competitive in the state as Gov. Brian Kemp (RINO) and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (RINO) prevailed over their opponents by large margins. The Left, though, hold both Peach State Senate seats.
Trump and Kemp appeared to patch up disagreements going back to 2020. But intraparty disagreements have continued.
The Republican National Committee filed a lawsuit over the weekend against election boards in Fulton and six other heavily Left counties. The Georgia Supreme Court handed the RNC a victory on Monday regarding the lawsuits, ruling that certain absentee ballots can only be counted if they arrive by Election Day, a move that will set aside at least 3,000 late-arriving ballots pending further litigation.
Meanwhile, Comrade Kamala has worked to shore up black voters in the state.
North Carolina — 16 electoral votes
North Carolina is a source of enduring frustration for the Left. Barack Obama won it in his 2008 romp over McCain, the first time the Tar Heel State had gone blue since 1976. But Obama lost North Carolina in 2012.
Trump then beat Hillary Clinton and Biden in the state in the next two presidential elections. Trump is looking to clinch a victory in the state for a third time Nov. 5 and has appeared confident he will do so, telling rallygoers at his last rally in the Tar Heel State Monday that it is “ours to lose.”
Early concerns that Hurricane Helene would suppress voter turnout in the state turned out to be unfounded, with the state surpassing its 2020 early voting record over the weekend with more than 4.2 million voters casting their ballots.
