By Free Republic | Created at 2024-10-31 22:52:24 | Updated at 2024-11-07 02:56:27
6 days ago
Donald Trump gambles with late-stage trips to Democratic New Mexico and Virginia
Associated (with the DNC) Press ^ | , October 31, 2024 | JONATHAN J. COOPER and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN
Posted on 10/31/2024 3:19:21 PM PDT by Baladas
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Donald Trump is traveling to New Mexico and Virginia in the campaign’s final days, taking a risky detour from the seven battleground states to spend time in places where Republican presidential candidates have not won in decades.
The former president campaigned in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Thursday and was scheduled to visit Salem, Virginia, on Saturday.
The Trump team is projecting optimism based in part on early voting numbers and thinks he can be competitive against Democrat Kamala Harris in both states — New Mexico in particular, if he sweeps swing states Nevada and Arizona. That hope comes even though neither New Mexico nor Virginia has been carried by a GOP nominee for the White House since George W. Bush in 2004.
Over the past few months in particular, the battleground states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — have seen a constant stream of candidate visits, and residents have been bombarded with political ads on billboards, televisions and smartphones. In the past two weeks alone, presidential and vice presidential candidates have made 21 appearances in Pennsylvania, 17 in Michigan and 13 in North Carolina.
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: newmexico; virginia
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A RISKY DETOUR!!!
1 posted on 10/31/2024 3:19:21 PM PDT by Baladas
To: Baladas
It’s not that big a risk. You can only campaign so many times in any given state.
2 posted on 10/31/2024 3:21:37 PM PDT by toddausauras (Trump 2024)
To: Baladas
Jonathan Cooper is the biggest crAP anti-Trump reporter since Trump rode down the elevator in 2015. Nearly 10 years making minor coin at his schnorrer's behest libeling President Trump.
3 posted on 10/31/2024 3:22:36 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
To: Baladas
Virginia is doable.
But the key is not just doing well in NoVa. Another major key is doing well in the suburbs around Richmond. Those used to be be pretty strong GOP areas.
4 posted on 10/31/2024 3:26:16 PM PDT by MplsSteve
To: MplsSteve
5 posted on 10/31/2024 3:36:10 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
To: Baladas
Maybe he is tired of seeing Pennsylvania and the Upper Midwest.
To: Baladas
Without Mich, Penn, and Wis., Trump is 2 elec votes short. Adding either one of these states (NM, VA) will wrap things up.
7 posted on 10/31/2024 3:38:22 PM PDT by Swirl
To: Baladas
It's not like Trump hasn't covered enough territory in battleground states.
Click the following link and take a look at the schedule he's been keeping.
You can see the place, date and how long he spoke at each event.
Of course those are just the rallies. He's done a lot of other things besides those.
8 posted on 10/31/2024 3:40:55 PM PDT by TigersEye ("Fascist" is what communists call American patriots. - I voted, 10/15/24 - MAGA)
To: toddausauras
“It’s not that big a risk. You can only campaign so many times in any given state.”
exactly ... and what’s the risk? ... that if he had only done one more rally in Pennsylvania that would have guaranteed he’d win the state? ... i really don’t think so ... AP is full of shite as usual ...
9 posted on 10/31/2024 3:42:24 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
To: Baladas
10 posted on 10/31/2024 3:45:54 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI..)
To: Baladas
He’s in a very good position to win, he would like to have a Republican Congress and Senate. He’s working towards that.
11 posted on 10/31/2024 3:47:13 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI..)
To: Baladas
Working toward House and Senate victories as well as maximize the “popular vote”. And perhaps an upset in VA.
12 posted on 10/31/2024 3:48:40 PM PDT by SunStar (Democrats piss me off!)
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