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.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)its a big mistake NOT to do it
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)live love laugh
(13,100 posts)Happy Covid visiting
Champp
(2,114 posts)Asking for a friend?
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)So they might just do it.
bucolic_frolic
(43,128 posts)Breathe Deep!
This is the time.
Botany
(70,490 posts).... really his fault.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,393 posts)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.
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.
CaptainTruth
(6,588 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)NCDem47
(2,248 posts)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)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)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
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)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)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.
manhattan123
(302 posts)I haven't even started my Infrastructure Week shopping.