Democrats Worry Donald Trump Will Overpower Harris in ‘Blue Wall’ StatesWendell Husebø 30 Jul 2024
Former President Donald Trump’s appeal in the “Blue Wall” states might be too strong for Vice President Kamala Harris to overcome, Democrats indicated this week in fear of losing the presidential election.
Seven states — Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, and North Carolina — will decide the president, political experts believe. If Trump wins one or more of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, Harris’s chances of obtaining 270 electoral votes become narrower.
“She’s done an amazing job not only uniting the base but exciting the base, but the key question right now is, can she appeal to the voters Democrats have always needed to put us over the top?” a Democrat strategist told the Hill of Harris’s challenges in the Midwest. “I think there is still some concern that she can do this.”
Trump leads Harris in Pennsylvania and Michigan. He is tied with her in Wisconsin, the most recent Emerson College poll found Thursday.
“Everything I’ve always heard is she doesn’t have that many relationships in Pennsylvania, and she hasn’t established any kind of identity here,” another Democrat strategist based in Pennsylvania acknowledged on Monday. “Obviously, it’s a very big difference with Joe Biden.”
To shore up Pennsylvania, Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) appears to be on the shortlist as Harris’s pick for a running mate. “We need to keep that exuberance going, particularly among young people, but we can never forget we don’t win the presidency without probably Pennsylvania, and you don’t win Pennsylvania without doing okay in western Pennsylvania,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) told MSNBC’s Morning Joe last week.
“We also need to appeal to that guy who’s a hunter in west Pennsylvania who doesn’t like Donald Trump and just be conscious of that fact that our job is to expand the coalition, not to do and say things which will turn off, by and large, and I hate to stay this [sic] your union-oriented blue collar folks in the Midwest,” he added.
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