MILWAUKEE (AP) 69制片厂制作传媒 With three weeks left in the presidential campaign, Democrat is spending most of her days trying to shore up support in the 69制片厂制作传媒渂lue wall69制片厂制作传媒 states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin as she tries to avoid a repeat of Hillary Clinton69制片厂制作传媒檚 collapse there eight years ago.
The vice president on Monday in Erie, Pennsylvania, where she denounced Republican candidate as 69制片厂制作传媒渦nhinged.69制片厂制作传媒 She visited an art gallery in Detroit with actors Don Cheadle, Delroy Lindo and Cornelius Smith. Jr. on Tuesday, then with Charlamagne tha God.
On Wednesday, Harris was to stress allegiance to the Constitution as she stood just steps from the banks of the Delaware River, where George Washington crossed with his troops in a pivotal moment of the Revolutionary War.
Her pace doesn69制片厂制作传媒檛 let up for the rest of the week. Harris zipped through three events Thursday in Wisconsin, where she started with a meet-and-greet for students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee before headlining two rallies. She has three events in Michigan on Friday and will be in Detroit on Saturday.
A loss anywhere in the 69制片厂制作传媒渂lue wall," a name that reflects the region's traditional Democratic leaning, could doom Harris' path to the presidency.
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He previously served as chief strategist for Clinton, whose campaign was so overconfident that it stopped conducting its own polls in Midwest battlegrounds as the election approached.
69制片厂制作传媒淲e69制片厂制作传媒檝e got a painful lesson in 2016 when we didn69制片厂制作传媒檛 go to the 69制片厂制作传媒榖lue wall69制片厂制作传媒 states, and we lost,69制片厂制作传媒 Benenson said.
Harris' campaign emphasized that she69制片厂制作传媒檚 not giving up on Sun Belt battlegrounds like North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada. The vice president was in North Carolina over the weekend and she69制片厂制作传媒檚 expected to be back in Georgia on Sunday.
But any candidate69制片厂制作传媒檚 most precious resource is time, and Harris69制片厂制作传媒 schedule reflects the consensus about her most likely shot at winning the White House.
69制片厂制作传媒淚t69制片厂制作传媒檚 not the only path, but it69制片厂制作传媒檚 the easiest path to victory,69制片厂制作传媒 said Democratic pollster Celinda Lake.
She added, 69制片厂制作传媒淚f you can69制片厂制作传媒檛 win Pennsylvania or Michigan, do you really think you can win Georgia or North Carolina?69制片厂制作传媒
Pennsylvania and Michigan are Harris' most popular destinations since Labor Day, with eight stops in each state, according to an Associated Press tracking of candidates' public events.
At Harris' event in Washington Crossing on Wednesday, one voter said Democrats had discovered the cost of complacency the hard way.
69制片厂制作传媒淚n 2016, we thought we had it, you know, we thought we were okay," said Melanie Woods, a retired school principal who came all the way from Brooklyn. "And I don69制片厂制作传媒檛 think you can ever take anything for granted any more.69制片厂制作传媒
Dan Kanninen, the Harris campaign's battleground states director, said the vice president has 69制片厂制作传媒渕ultiple pathways69制片厂制作传媒 to win.
69制片厂制作传媒淎ll seven battleground states are in play, and we know each will be incredibly close," he said. "That is why we will continue to engage and mobilize voters aggressively across all these states until Election Day.69制片厂制作传媒
During her campaign travels, Harris is trying to pick strategic areas to talk about key policies, such as promoting auto jobs and union membership in Detroit and going to Douglas, Arizona to unveil plans to tighten rules for immigrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border after she walked along the towering wall separating the two countries.
The campaign is also increasingly relying on large organizational networks in key states, including coordinated offices with state Democratic parties, to fill in the gaps when Harris isn69制片厂制作传媒檛 there. It's deploying key surrogates 69制片厂制作传媒 most notably Harris69制片厂制作传媒 running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz 69制片厂制作传媒 to lessen the impact of choosing to travel to one part of the country versus the other.
Democrats have other benefits, too. There's a deep bench of high-profile politicians who are united behind Harris, including former President Barack Obama, who has been making campaign stops on her behalf. And there's a campaign war chest larger than Trump's, allowing Harris to keep up the pressure with advertising and expansive get-out-the-vote efforts.
Democrats' electoral odds have ebbed and flowed during this tumultuous election year. President Joe Biden had faced a dwindling path to reelection, with some purple states sliding out of reach. But when he dropped out of the race in July, Harris' team emphasized her potentially broader geographic appeal.
69制片厂制作传媒淰ice President Harris enters a tight race, but it is clear that she can bring together a coalition of voters to keep a wide set of states in play,69制片厂制作传媒 Campaign Chair Jen O69制片厂制作传媒橫alley Dillon wrote in a memo in late July.
But that doesn't mean that some states aren't more important than others.
69制片厂制作传媒淵ou win Pennsylvania, and you69制片厂制作传媒檙e the next president," Sen. John Fetterman said at Harris' rally in Erie.
Trump's travel is less tightly focused than Harris' this week. He was in Pennsylvania on Monday, Illinois and Georgia on Tuesday and Florida on Wednesday.
He attends the in New York on Thursday and returns to Detroit on Friday
His previous visit to Detroit generated backlash because , which is rebounding after years of financial problems.
69制片厂制作传媒淥ur whole country will end up being like Detroit if she69制片厂制作传媒檚 your president," Trump said during a speech to the Detroit Economic Club.
Tommey Walker, founder and owner of the clothing company Detroit vs. Everybody, derided Trump for disparaging his city while introducing Harris at an event on Tuesday.
69制片厂制作传媒淣ow it69制片厂制作传媒檚 Detroit versus Donald Trump," Walker proclaimed.
Harris, by contrast, talked about the city in reverent tones. She recalled making friends with students from Detroit while attending Howard University.
69制片厂制作传媒淚 just feel a kindred spirit whenever I come to Detroit,69制片厂制作传媒 Harris said.
Associated Press video journalist Tassanee Vejpongsa in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, contributed to this report.
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