{"id":2360594,"date":"2024-10-28T14:47:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T18:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tries-to-push-borderline-states-into-battleground-territory-down-homestretch-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-28T14:48:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T18:48:46","slug":"trump-tries-to-push-borderline-states-into-battleground-territory-down-homestretch-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tries-to-push-borderline-states-into-battleground-territory-down-homestretch-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump tries to push borderline states into battleground territory down homestretch &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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-tries-to-push-borderline-states-into-battleground-territory-down-homestretch-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=2360594&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>In the lead-up to the election, former President Donald Trump is \u200cexpanding his campaign efforts beyond traditional swing states, targeting \u200bDemocratic-leaning states like\u2064 Virginia \u2063and New Mexico. Trump has\u2062 scheduled\u2062 rallies in \u200dSalem, Virginia, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, as \u200cpart\u200c of his strategy to create\u200b a \u2062competitive atmosphere in \u200dthese regions, which have \u200cnot voted for a\u200b Republican presidential candidate since 2004. Recent polls show Vice President Kamala Harris ahead in both states, with \u200bHarris leading Trump\u200c 50.2% to 43.8%\u200c in \u200cVirginia and 50% to 42.3% in New Mexico. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Trump campaign is looking to capitalize on key House races \u2064in these states, aiming to bolster their \u200cposition\u2064 in Congress. Virginia\u2019s 7th Congressional\u2063 District and New Mexico\u2019s 2nd Congressional\u200d District are particularly \u2062targeted, as Republicans hope to flip these seats amid a broader strategy of competing in historically blue\u200c areas. Trump&#8217;s campaign appears \u2062aimed at\u200b regaining ground\u2062 in states considered \u201csolid Democrat\u201d while also focusing \u200con voter engagement in battleground \u200bregions.  <\/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 tries to push borderline states into battleground territory down homestretch<\/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_1847320\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>While former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> hopes to win battlegrounds next week, he is going to some states outside the typical swing states as part of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"campaign\">campaign<\/a>&lsquo;s closing pitch.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Over the weekend, Trump rallies in Salem, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Virginia\">Virginia<\/a>, and Albuquerque, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"New Mexico\">New Mexico<\/a>, were announced by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/news\/f42ee1e2-07ac-4e89-b67c-b116fb237c65\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"campaign\">campaign<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NewMexicoGOP\/status\/1850600061925020049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"New Mexico Republican Party\">New Mexico Republican Party<\/a>, respectively. The former president&rsquo;s schedule is filled with stops in battleground states in the closing eight days of the campaign, but it also has stops showing the campaign may want to move Democratic-leaning states into competitive contests.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-election-campaign-live-updates-harris-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>2024 ELECTIONS LIVE UPDATES: LATEST NEWS ON THE TRUMP-HARRIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Neither Virginia nor New Mexico has voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 2004, when then-President George W. Bush was reelected. Both have been rated as &ldquo;likely Democratic&rdquo; by the <em>Cook Political Report<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Fewer polls have been conducted in New Mexico and Virginia than the swing states, such as Pennsylvania, Arizona, Michigan, and Georgia, but in the <em>Real Clear Politics <\/em>polling average in both states, Vice President Kamala Harris holds a clear advantage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Chesapeake, Virginia, on Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo\/Steve Helber)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the Old Dominion, Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/virginia\/trump-vs-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"leads\">leads<\/a> Trump, 50.2% to 43.8%, in the polling average, with an October Christopher Newport University poll showing Harris leading by as much as 11 points and a September University of Mary Washington poll showing Harris leading by as little as 2 points.<\/p>\n<p>In the Land of Enchantment, the vice president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/new-mexico\/trump-vs-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"holds\">holds<\/a> a 50%-42.3% lead over the former president, according to the polling average, with only three polls taken since the middle of September, ranging from Harris with a 6-9 point lead, factoring into the average.<\/p>\n<p>In both states, Republicans are seeking to flip key House seats in their bid to bolster their narrow majority in the lower chamber of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>In Virginia&rsquo;s 7th Congressional District, Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3181380\/derrick-anderson-accuses-democratic-challenger-inflating-military-record-ad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Derrick Anderson\">Derrick Anderson<\/a> is seeking to beat Democrat Yevgeny &ldquo;Eugene&rdquo; Vindman and flip a seat held by outgoing Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), who is running for governor in 2025. In New Mexico&rsquo;s 2nd Congressional District, former Republican Rep. Yvette Herrell is seeking to win back her seat from Rep. Gabriel Vasquez (D-NM), who narrowly defeated her in 2022. Both seats have been rated as &ldquo;toss-up&rdquo; contests by the <em>Cook Political Report<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The rallies continue a trend of Trump going into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wave-of-blue-states-become-refuge-for-child-transgender-surgeries-and-drugs\/\" title=\"Blue states offer refuge for child transgender surgeries and drugs.\">heavily blue states<\/a> during this campaign as he attempts to be the first president since Grover Cleveland to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-virginia-model\/\" title=\"The Virginia Model\">win nonconsecutive terms<\/a> in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Trump made a trip to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3063859\/trump-debate-victory-lap-virginia-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Virginia\">Virginia<\/a> following his June debate against President Joe Biden, less than a month before the president dropped out of the race and Harris began her abbreviated campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3186372\/trump-announces-operation-aurora-tamp-down-illegal-immigration-colorado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"held\">held<\/a> a rally in Aurora, Colorado, focusing on immigration in the blue state. The Centennial State has been another target for Trump&rsquo;s hopes of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">making deep-blue states competitive<\/a> despite the state being considered &ldquo;solid Democrat&rdquo; by the <em>Cook Political Report<\/em>. The state does have a competitive House race in Colorado&rsquo;s 8th Congressional District, where Republicans are bullish on flipping a blue seat red.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump takes the stage at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The former president has also held multiple rallies in New York, his former home state, during the general election cycle. He held a rally in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/3016504\/trump-takes-the-bronx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Bronx\">Bronx<\/a> in May and another at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3205153\/trump-tries-recapture-magic-madison-square-garden-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Madison Square Garden\">Madison Square Garden<\/a> in Manhattan on Sunday, along with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3158574\/watch-donald-trump-rally-uniondale-new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"rally\">rally<\/a> in Uniondale on Long Island last month.<\/p>\n<p>The Empire State is rated as a &ldquo;solid Democrat&rdquo; presidential contest by the <em>Cook Political Report<\/em>, even after a tighter-than-usual gubernatorial race in 2022. For 2024, the focus for Republicans in New York is on several key House races, including three GOP congressmen in either &ldquo;toss-up&rdquo; or &ldquo;lean Republican&rdquo; races for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign&rsquo;s rally calendar through Friday has two rallies in Wisconsin and rallies in Georgia, North Carolina, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. He also held a pair of rallies in Michigan and one rally in Pennsylvania over the weekend. As Election Day approaches, the campaign is expected to announce more events.<\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s campaign focused less on more solidly Republican states but did hold a rally in Texas on Friday with Beyonce. Texas is rated as &ldquo;likely Republican&rdquo; by the <em>Cook Political Report<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The vice president will make a campaign speech in a non-swing jurisdiction when she makes her closing pitch to voters at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C. The District of Columbia has never voted for, or come remotely close to voting for, a Republican candidate for president.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The election will likely come down to the results in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. <\/p>\n<p>Five of the seven battleground states voted for Trump in 2016 but then voted for Biden in 2020. North Carolina voted for Trump in both 2016 and 2020, while Nevada voted for Democrats in both 2016 and 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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_1847320\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1847320\"}});<\/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 targets non-traditional states in final campaign push<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2360596,"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\/10\/trump-upcoming-rallies-blue-states.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[43879,43878,34541,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2360594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-battleground-territory","tag-borderline-states","tag-election-strategy","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/trump-upcoming-rallies-blue-states.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360594","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\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2360594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2360596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2360594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2360594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2360594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}