Hillary Clinton is moving to shrink Donald Trump’s narrow path to the White House.
Enticed by Trump’s weakness in the typically Republican strongholds of Arizona and Georgia, Clinton has begun shifting money there for grassroots organizing and voter turnout. The resources are being invested through the Democratic Party in each state, a Clinton campaign aide confirmed.
Public opinion polls have shown unusually competitive races in these states for months. Arizona and Georgia are good for 27 Electoral College votes, and forcing Trump to play defense on red turf would be a boon for Clinton, who has more ways to reach 270 than her GOP opponent.
However, Clinton has yet to invest in advertising the two states, a signal that her team agrees with the Republicans who argue that Arizona and Georgia aren’t as in-play as surveys suggest.
Indeed, the states have appeared competitive in past elections, only to break hard for the Republicans in the homestretch. But the Trump campaign looks spooked.
The Republican nominee has made multiple visits to Arizona since securing the nomination in early May, and is tentatively set to hold another rally in Phoenix this week.
Also this week, Trump’s running mate is headed to Georgia. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is scheduled for three rallies, one each in Atlanta and the crucial vote-rich counties of Houston, in central Georgia, and Whitfield, in the northwest.
That’s not how presidential campaigns tend to approach states that are supposedly in the bag — especially this close to the election.
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