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groundloop

(11,518 posts)
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 08:25 AM Jul 2020

Trump heads to Georgia, one of the new 2020 battleground states

Source: CBS News

President Trump will be visiting Georgia on Wednesday to talk about infrastructure, but like his recent trips to Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin, this happens to be to a battleground state his reelection campaign is eager to keep in the "win" column in November.

The latest CBS News Battleground Tracker poll rates Georgia as a toss-up for the presidential election; currently, Biden leads Mr. Trump by two points. Georgia voters have not picked a Democrat to be president since 1992, but the gains Democrats have made in recent elections with key groups have turned it into a state to watch.

"Georgia looks like a toss-up because the president's support is strong among his current base, while Biden is performing better than past Democrats among groups such as women with college degrees, based on our Battleground Tracker model estimates," according to CBS News' Election and Surveys director Anthony Salvanto.

The polls do not yet reflect voter's attitudes toward the current news of the day, but Georgia has come into increased focus nationally because of issues including coronavirus, police reform and voting rights. Georgia was the first state to reopen since the virus essentially shut the country down, and its infection rates have shot up — last week it set a single-day record for new cases in the state. And in June, the fatal police shooting of Rayshard Brooks spawned outrage about Atlanta Police Department's use-of-force policies.



Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-georgia-battleground-2020-election/



The article says that the Biden campaign has not yet made any big ad buys in Georgia, I fear that is a mistake. Besides the presidential race there are two Senate seats up for grabs, and Kelly Loeffler is especially vulnerable.
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Trump heads to Georgia, one of the new 2020 battleground states (Original Post) groundloop Jul 2020 OP
Biden needs to be up in all but 4 or 5 states and make GOP spend everywhere to defend beachbumbob Jul 2020 #1
+1 and we need to fund him to do it. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #11
The scene of the crime. live love laugh Jul 2020 #2
Speaking of "infrastructure," how much has Mexico paid toward the wall? Champp Jul 2020 #3
El Guano Loco has made Mexico realize they need a wall to keep us out. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #12
This is the time to bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #4
He can explain to the people of Georgia why there is no SEC Football this year and how it is not ... Botany Jul 2020 #5
People who like tracking Air Force One will be interested in knowing that mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 #6
This account posts the "not reportable" notices of POTUS travel. CaptainTruth Jul 2020 #14
I guess after 3-1/2 years we're finally going to see "infrastructure week", or day at least. George II Jul 2020 #7
Only after Biden started talking about it and gave policy details yesterday. NCDem47 Jul 2020 #8
I'm hoping that the work Stacey Abrams has been doing in Georgia pays off. Lonestarblue Jul 2020 #9
The devil went down to georgia El Mimbreno Jul 2020 #10
RIP Charlie lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #13
I hope congress doesn't give him an infrastructure package to help him get reelected yaesu Jul 2020 #15
I am in Georgia. We are NOT a battleground state because............ MRDAWG Jul 2020 #16
Is it Infrastructure Week again? manhattan123 Jul 2020 #17
 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
1. Biden needs to be up in all but 4 or 5 states and make GOP spend everywhere to defend
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 08:37 AM
Jul 2020

its a big mistake NOT to do it

Botany

(70,490 posts)
5. He can explain to the people of Georgia why there is no SEC Football this year and how it is not ...
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 08:54 AM
Jul 2020

.... really his fault.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,393 posts)
6. People who like tracking Air Force One will be interested in knowing that
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 09:05 AM
Jul 2020

Trump is leaving Joint Base Andrews at 1:20 p.m. to go to Georgia.

https://factba.se/topic/calendar

Fri Jul 3, 2020: Air Force One sighting, for those of you who care.

Both planes went out tonight

Same thing happened for Tulsa. Here is how I have been tracking them:

https://tar1090.adsbexchange.com/

Use the U option to eliminate most normal traffic.

Think they are each on the ground now. Should be able to track them after the event.

NCDem47

(2,248 posts)
8. Only after Biden started talking about it and gave policy details yesterday.
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 09:16 AM
Jul 2020

Donny, you've had 3 1/2 years to get going on this and NOW you are hot under the collar about it?

Lonestarblue

(9,971 posts)
9. I'm hoping that the work Stacey Abrams has been doing in Georgia pays off.
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 09:18 AM
Jul 2020

It would be great to see the state elect a Democratic senator and president. I just worry about a repeat of the deliberate chaos of the primary.

El Mimbreno

(777 posts)
10. The devil went down to georgia
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 09:28 AM
Jul 2020

The devil went down to Georgia
He was lookin' for some votes to steal
He was in a bind
'Cause he was way behind
And he was willin' to make a deal

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
15. I hope congress doesn't give him an infrastructure package to help him get reelected
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 10:38 AM
Jul 2020

we should not work with the fascists on anything until they agree to a massive stimulus package that goes to the people.

MRDAWG

(501 posts)
16. I am in Georgia. We are NOT a battleground state because............
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 06:14 PM
Jul 2020

Calling by pollsters is not voting. When Republican government in Georgia starts the voter suppression the polls are wrong.
I have seen it for years here.

Long lines, deleting registrations, changing or closing polls, broken voting machines in minority areas and photo ID's are their tools.

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