(news nation) — With less than a month until Election Day, Vice President Harris will make stops this week in three states that experts say are critical to winning the White House.
Democratic presidential candidate Harris traveled to Michigan on Tuesday to attend an event with Charlamagne the God, then traveled to Pennsylvania on Monday before attending an event with black entrepreneurs in Detroit. Next, she plans to travel to Wisconsin.
Former President Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, also stopped in Pennsylvania this week for a rally in Pittsburgh.
All three states are part of the so-called “Blue Wall,” a group of states that have typically voted Democratic in presidential elections. Since 1992.
Which states are part of the blue wall?
Includes California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin. Of these “Blue Walls” California is the largest state with 54 electors.followed by New York in 28th place.
Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, in particular, are top priorities for candidates in the 2024 election. Trump flipped states to Republicans in 2016, but Biden was able to take them back in 2020.
Can President Trump break through the blue wall?
Harris and Trump are polling closely in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
Harris leads Trump by 0.3 percentage points in the Keystone State, while Trump leads by 0.7 percentage points in Michigan and 0.4 percentage points over the vice president in Wisconsin, according to Hill/Decision Desk headquarters polling. There is.
“There's no getting around the fact that the three so-called blue wall states are extremely important to both sides,” Al Motul, a Democratic strategist and bundler at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, told The Hill. spoke.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
