{"id":2323183,"date":"2024-08-12T14:33:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T18:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-stumping-in-north-carolina-where-he-sees-safe-lead-shrinking-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-12T14:35:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T18:35:36","slug":"trump-stumping-in-north-carolina-where-he-sees-safe-lead-shrinking-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-stumping-in-north-carolina-where-he-sees-safe-lead-shrinking-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump stumping in North Carolina, where he sees safe lead shrinking &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-stumping-in-north-carolina-where-he-sees-safe-lead-shrinking-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2323183&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump is\u2063 campaigning\u200c in North Carolina, where recent polling \u200dindicates\u200c that his lead \u2064is shrinking\u200b as Vice President\u2063 Kamala Harris gains ground. Trump&#8217;s upcoming rally in Asheville aims to address &#8220;economic hardships&#8221; faced by Americans, criticizing the current administration&#8217;s policies \u200bfor rising \u2063living \u200ccosts.\u200c The Trump campaign highlights\u2063 that prices in North Carolina have \u2062increased over 21% since the Biden-Harris administration took office, \u2062significantly impacting families&#8217; financial situations. \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>Polls previously showed Trump \u200dwith a 6-point lead over President Biden, but with Biden\u200b now out \u2064of \u2062the race, Harris is reportedly just \u200c2 \u200dpoints behind\u200b Trump in North Carolina, as indicated by\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnells-betrayal-hurts-the-nation-goodwin\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell\u2019s betrayal hurts the nation\">recent surveys<\/a>. The Real Clear Politics average\u2062 shows Trump still \u200bahead by 3.2 \u2063points, but down\u2062 from his earlier 5.4-point \u200blead over \u2064Biden. Trump&#8217;s strategy underscores \u200dthe importance of North Carolina in\u2063 the 2024 presidential race as he seeks to rally support amid a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-desantis-envisions-midterms-as-end-of-floridas-days-as-a-swing-state\/\" title=\"Gov. DeSantis Envisions Midterms as End of Florida\u2019s Days as a Swing State\">changing political landscape<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump stumping in North Carolina, where he sees safe lead shrinking<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1706883\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> is set to campaign in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>North Carolina<\/a> as Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> has shrunk his lead and is inching closer to turning it into a battleground state.<\/p>\n<p>The GOP presidential nominee will <a href=\"https:\/\/event.donaldjtrump.com\/events\/president-donald-j-trump-to-deliver-remarks-in-asheville-north-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>rally<\/a> supporters on Wednesday evening in Asheville, North Carolina, to recap &ldquo;economic hardships,&rdquo; according to the Trump campaign.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hard-working Americans are suffering because of the Harris-Biden Administration&rsquo;s dangerously liberal policies. Prices are excruciatingly high, and the cost of living has soared &mdash; leaving those on a fixed income, unsure of how they are going to afford a basic standard of living in the future. Since Kamala Harris and Joe Biden took office, prices in North Carolina have risen over 21% and families have spent an astonishing $24,937 since 2021,&rdquo; the campaign&rsquo;s announcement said.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes as polling indicates Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-ratings-tanked-44-the-week-after-trump-left-the-white-house\/\" title=\"CNN\u2019s Ratings Tanked 44% The Week After Trump Left The White House\">lost ground<\/a> in the Tar Heel State.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump led President Joe Biden by 6 percentage points in North Carolina before the Democratic incumbent dropped his reelection bid, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/us\/elections\/polls-president-north-carolina.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>polling<\/a> averages from the <em>New York Times<\/em>. A Morning Consult-Bloomberg survey released at the end of July indicates Trump&rsquo;s lead has dropped. Harris now appears to trail Trump by 2 percentage points in the state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other surveys echo the trend that the Harris campaign is gaining momentum in North Carolina. While the <em>Real Clear Politics<\/em> average of recent polls <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/north-carolina\/trump-vs-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>shows<\/a> Trump sustains a 3.2-point lead over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a>, the number marks a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/north-carolina\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>drop<\/a> from the previous 5.4-point edge he had over Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has made North Carolina a focal point of his 2024 campaign, making at least five appearances across the state in 2024 alone. It was in Charlotte, North Carolina, where Trump decided to hold his first rally after Harris announced her entrance into the presidential race in July.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In June, the GOP leader delivered a speech at the North Carolina Republican Party State Convention in Greenville after capturing attention in Concord the previous month. During an appearance at NASCAR&rsquo;s Coca-Cola 600 in May, Trump became the first current or former president to attend a race at the venue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trump salutes prior to a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 26, 2024, in Concord, North Carolina. (AP Photo\/Matt Kelley)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump also held a Get Out the Vote rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, on March 2, canceling a Wilmington event the next month due to inclement weather.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Harris has made her own slew of appearances across the battleground state, making at least seven visits to North Carolina in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Trump won North Carolina during the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. <\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1706883\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1706883\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump Campaigning in North Carolina as His Lead Narrows<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump is preparing to campaign in North Carolina, where Vice President Kamala Harris has been closing the gap, making the state increasingly competitive. The Republican presidential candidate will hold a rally for his supporters on Wednesday evening in Asheville, focusing on the &#8220;economic hardships&#8221; faced by Americans. According to Trump&#8217;s campaign, &#8220;Hard-working Americans are suffering due to the dangerously liberal policies of the Harris-Biden Administration. Prices are painfully high and living costs have skyrocketed\u2014leaving those on fixed incomes uncertain about their ability to maintain a basic standard of living.&#8221; The announcement highlighted that since Harris and Biden took office, prices in North Carolina have surged over 21%, costing families nearly $24,937 since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Recent polling suggests that Trump\u2019s lead in North Carolina is diminishing. Initially ahead of President Joe Biden by 6 percentage points before Biden withdrew from his reelection campaign, recent data shows that Harris now trails Trump by just 2 points according to a Morning Consult-Bloomberg survey released at the end of July. Other polls indicate that Harris&#8217;s campaign is gaining traction in North Carolina as well. While Real Clear Politics averages show Trump maintaining a 3.2-point lead over Harris, this represents a decline from his previous advantage of 5.4 points over Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has made North Carolina a key focus for his 2024 campaign with at least five appearances throughout the state this year alone. Notably, he held his first rally after Harris announced her candidacy in Charlotte back in July and spoke at the North Carolina Republican Party State Convention in Greenville earlier this June after drawing attention at an event in Concord last month.<\/p>\n<p>In May, he became the first sitting or former president to attend NASCAR&#8217;s Coca-Cola 600 race at Charlotte Motor Speedway and also hosted a Get Out The Vote rally on March 2nd in Greensboro before canceling another event due to bad weather later on.<\/p>\n<p>Harris has also been active within this crucial battleground state with seven visits so far this year as she seeks support ahead of what could be another competitive election cycle; Trump previously won North Carolina during both the 2016 and 2020 elections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2323184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Trump-North-Carolina.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34059,32258,36795,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2323183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-election-2024","tag-north-carolina","tag-political-rally","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Trump-North-Carolina.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2323183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2323184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2323183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2323183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2323183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}