My prediction: Walz is going to pull in a whole

[leftyladyfrommo]

lot of Midwestern votes. He is their kind of guy. I wish he would come to southern .Missouri and talk to the rural folk. They haven't had anybody that was their kind of people in years. Most of them are conservative but not far right. They are practical.

[Think. Again.]

1. Ah, the true meaning of "conservative"...

...no one has used that (or lived by it) in years.

[Chipper Chat]

2. I wish he would visit Indiana.

11 juicy electoral votes up for grabs. Orange Foolus is losing support here.

[bearsfootball516]

8. As much as I'd love that, Indiana is not flipping.

Trump won it 57-40 in 2020. It wouldn't surprise me if it's a couple points closer, but it's not even remotely close to being within flipping range.

[Chipper Chat]

10. Depends on gas dipping below $3.00

And the price of McDonalds French fries going down ,well......??? maybe?

[Oopsie Daisy]

16. Maryland Costco gas was $2.99 just last Friday *

* before the Labor Day holiday weekend. During holiday weekends, there is often an increase in travel as people take road trips or vacations. Higher demand for gasoline can lead to an increase in prices.

[leftyladyfrommo]

20. KCMO gas is $2.90 and headed down. nt

[Tetrachloride]

19. don't ignore any state. how about Alaska and Montana

[spooky3]

24. Obama won in 2008 but agree this year doesn't look great. Nt

[TBF]

9. At this point they have to be very careful how they use the remaining time -

Coming in as a candidate with just a couple months to go there are certain states they have to focus on in order to win the electoral race. Sadly, I don't think either of them will make it to Texas either, unless it is a few limited events here & there. It's just not close enough here YET. I know they would travel to every state if money/time allowed.

[Jokerman]

23. Obama spoke here in 2008...,

and Indiana went blue for only the second time in 60 years.

I do understand though that this is a shorter time frame and it just may not be practical.

[applegrove]

3. And now that Vance has proven to be for creating

hunger among the unemployed along with the precursors to Project 2025, the rural farmer should take issue with that...... being in the food industry.

[FeelingBlue]

4. Does anyone know...

How to contact the campaign? Seems to me that this is an important thing to communicate. Head to southern Missouri, Harris/Walz!!! They need to see you and to hear from you!!!!!

[Self Esteem]

5. There's no chance the campaign wastes time/money campaigning in a place they have no chance winning.

The election is too close for that.

They're not going to win Missouri. They're not even going to be competitive in Missouri.

The only way there's a stop there is for a major fundraiser and I doubt they'd be fundraising in Southern Missouri.

There just isn't value in Missouri at the moment. It's a heavy-lean R state and with an election likely to be decided by a very narrow margin, wasting campaign resources there just doesn't make sense.

[Indykatie]

6. 63 Days. That's Not Enough Time To Go Places Where We Have No Chance to Pick Up EVs

Harris has an outstanding team running her campaign and I trust them to prioritize where to expend their limited resources of time and money. Montana and Ohio are the only deep red states I can see Walz going to. We have no chance to win those states but it could help Tester and Sherrod pull out wins to hold the Senate. We seem to be on track to win back the House already.

[SomedayKindaLove]

11. Tester and Sherrod

Haven’t shown any interest in being associated with Harris/Walz (and Biden) because their states are so red. So far their thinking seems to be they are better off on their own.

If they are going to try and help senate candidates maybe they should go to Texas and possibly Missouri.

[Self Esteem]

14. Yes. Ohio and Montana, due to the senate races, are the only two...

... and even then, I doubt they go to Montana because Tester might feel the campaign does more damage than good if they were to campaign for him (and he's already refused to say whether he supports Harris or not).

I could see Ohio just for Brown and the fact there are way more Democrats in the Cleveland area they need to activate to help with that senate seat.

[kansasobama]

7. He will be busy in PA later on

No chance he goes to a red state unless it is to help a House candidate.

[MissouriDem47]

12. I live in Southwest Missouri

I live in Greene County in southwest Missouri. It's been conservative Republican for more than 60 years and, sorry to say, has infected the rest of the state. In today's political climate it would be a waste of resources for the Harris campaign to come to southern Missouri. Her first priority must be to secure the "battleground" states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. In 1992 I knew Clinton was going to win when he made a late campaign appearance in Springfield. The same was true in 2008 when Obama also made a appearance in Springfield just before the election. So when Harris does come late in the campaign then you will know she's thinks she's going to win.

[AKwannabe]

13. Leftlady

I am from S MO
Do you remember the Obama years?
They ABSOLUTELY HATED Obama and ONLY because he was black. Picking a white male running mate did not help. And they have been foamed at the mouth from tRump for 8+ years now.

I would personally not want him to go as I would be afraid for him.

Ideally, that would be awesome. But I would be very afraid for him.

Especially south of Springfield and to their west. You know they would call him a N word lover. It would not be a good scene in my humble opinion.

[Self Esteem]

17. Yup. Missouri shifted significantly under Obama.

The funny thing is, he barely lost the state in 2008. It was McCain's closest win. He lost it by like 4,000 votes.

But four years later, despite winning reelection, he lost the state by essentially ten points. In fact, at that point, it was the worst a Democrat had done in Missouri since Mondale in 1984. Dukakis, Clinton, Gore and Kerry all did better there than Obama in 2012.

It's gotten more red since.

[leftyladyfrommo]

21. It must be worse down there than I thought. nt

[GoYouPackersGo]

15. Wisconsin here...

Yes, Walz talks like a lot of folks here, especially the ones who don't live in Milwaukee or Madison. Trump will still get more votes than Harris among the non-urban folks around these parts, but he will lose a significant number relative to what he had in 2016. Trump will lose Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan as a result.

[joanbarnes]

18. Lady from St. Louis ageees

[leftyladyfrommo]

22. May be just wishful thinking. nt

[mucifer]

25. This thread is another reminder that our system is so non democratic. My vote in Chicago should

count as much as a vote in Pennsylvania. But, doesn't.

ef the electoral college.!

[jimfields33]

26. There is only one electoral vote difference.

[bdamomma]

27. I'm not

from the Mid West, but I really like the next VP Walz.