Both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have already been very active on the campaign trail in key swing states—in fact, until September 5, 2024, for the presidency. It’s one of those big days in the candidates’ respective campaigns: both of them spent their day at high-profile events aimed at rallying support and engaging with voters.
Donald Trump’s town hall speech in Pennsylvania
Former President Donald Trump will headline a crucial battleground state for Fox News at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The state has played a disproportionately important role in presidential politics for decades. The town hall will be moderated by Sean Hannity and is set to begin at 5:30 p.m. The rally comes on the heels of Trump’s, where he had emphasized that Pennsylvania is very important to take in the election: “Sixty-seven days from now, we’re going to win Pennsylvania”.
Donald Trump was interviewed yesterday by Lex Fridman.
This town hall meeting at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania would be an opportunity for Trump to answer questions by voters in a town hall format of the general election. Trump has visited Pennsylvania several times this year as it is considered a key element in his electoral strategy.
Kamala Harris in New Hampshire
All that will be happening on Thursday, the same day Vice President Kamala Harris heads to New Hampshire. She will deliver a speech detailing her next steps on an economic plan as part of this whole effort to help her connect with voters in critical swing states and, of course, detail her vision for the economy ahead of this election. Harris’s speech is meant to project key issues that should resonate with voters at a time when most Americans faced economic challenges.
Press officials wouldn’t provide details for when and where Harris would speak in New Hampshire, but her visit in the state was the first one since entering in the race. New Hampshire has always served as a battleground state, and both are hungry for its electoral votes.
Coming events and significance
Both candidates are now ratcheting up their activities on the campaign trail, with the September 5 events serving as a prelude to the presidential debate scheduled for September 10 in Philadelphia. That debate will be one of the great moments in this campaign when both candidates get to speak to a national audience comparing policy and contrasting the other’s positions.
Strategic importance of Pennsylvania and New Hampshire
Both are also scrapping hard for both Pennsylvania and New Hampshire. Pennsylvania has 19 electoral votes, being a microcosm of the national electorate; this one is a must-have for both parties. Recent polling in the state shows a very tight race, where Trump and Harris have to mobilize the base effectively if one of them takes victory.
Although New Hampshire is small in terms of overall number of electoral votes, early primary status does make the state very important for setting the tone for the rest of the campaign. So, probably, in it are embedded the economic issues Harris mentioned, which definitely gelled with the thoughts of the state’s electorate—of growth and recovery in jobs.
