Harris Fights Uphill Against Trump in Arizona, Backed by a Revived Party

The New York Times ^ | Aug. 9, 2024, 11:40 a.m. ET | Kellen Browning and Nicholas Nehamas

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As Vice President Kamala Harris fights for the votes of Americans threatening to abandon the Democratic Party, she faces challenges across the battleground states, from working-class Nevada communities to Arab American enclaves in Michigan.

But perhaps no swing state has vexed Democrats as much this year as Arizona.

A longtime Republican stronghold before President Biden’s victory in 2020, the state is tricky political territory for Democrats, who confront magnified concerns over the number of migrants coming across the U.S.-Mexico border. A handful of polls in recent weeks have shown former President Donald J. Trump leading Ms. Harris by the mid-single digits, even as her numbers have improved in other vital states.

On Friday, Ms. Harris will take the stage in a Phoenix suburb alongside her new running mate, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota — part of a renewed push to put Sun Belt states back in play and keep Arizona’s 11 electoral votes in the Democratic column. She faces an uphill battle there as Republicans work to paint her as the architect of the border crisis, but her allies say the energy she has brought to drained Democratic voters could also attract moderate swing voters.

“She seems to have captured some of that lightning in a bottle that the Obama campaign had,” said John Giles, the Republican mayor of Mesa, east of Phoenix, who endorsed Ms. Harris last month. Still, he cautioned, “she absolutely has to run like she’s behind in Arizona, because I think she is.”

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Corporate gaslight press article presented under topic "humor" to grant it the respect it deserves.

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They have castigated her as the “border czar,” though Mr. Biden gave her the responsibility of solving the “root causes” of migration from Central America, rather than dealing with problems at the southern border.

The "root cause" of the surge of illegal alien invasion is FJB:

[kiryandil]

The Gaslight Media lies about EVERYTHING.

[eyeamok]

Maybe she still has the poster and ask them for help in her campaign

[TornadoAlley3]

Go after her for the 95% tax on Zyn. I don’t know what it is but the youth vote apparently does.

[BK_in Central Texas]

Relevant stat for Arizona....Trump lost AZ by ~10K votes in 2020....since then Republican voter registration has increased over Dems by 129k....Overall there are 259k more Republicans registered than Dems. In ‘20 it was only 130k more. If they turn out at 70% and vote only 90% his way he picks up over 70k votes compared to ‘20

[cld51860]

No way Diaper Boy flipped this state in 2020. You could count the Biden/Harris stickers or signs I saw on one hand...

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I don not believe this will fly this time.

[Regulator]

“Trump lost AZ by ~10K votes in 2020”

Uh no, he didn’t.

And the SOB who said he did is now the Rat Governor, using even more egregious fraud.

[Prince of Space]

Kameltoe screwed the pooch as far as her VP choice and her numbers still haven’t improved enough as far as battleground polling in the 3 weeks since she was annointed. I wouldn’t be surprised if TPTB use the convention to find a way to dump her by opening up the floor to other candidates. If that doesn’t happen it means they’re gonna stick with her through the election because they only care about saving the down ballot or… they believe they can rig it again.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

article: "A longtime Republican stronghold before President Biden’s victory steal in 2020"

Fixed that.

[Luke21]

It all went south when Sinema got to produce votes for an extra week and McSally petted her dog and congratulated her. That was 2018, and the cheats got worse and more frequent ever since.

[Huskrrrr]

Lol! I love it.

[unclebankster]

I heard about an interesting group of idiots in Arizona yesterday.
They’re calling themselves “Harris Republicans.”

LoL...losers & suckers is what they actually are.

[Roadrunner383]

Same thing happened in FL as far as registered Repubs. After registered Repubs surpassed Dem registration, FL reached a tipping point. Starting to see this in PA also where new Repubs are registering at a higher rate than Dems.

[WeaslesRippedMyFlesh]

Oh yeah, The Old Grey Communist

[combat_boots]

https://www.jihadwatch.org/2024/08/tim-walz-attended-hamas-linked-cair-islamophobia-conference-with-antisemitic-jihad-defender

[dragnet2]

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[ForbesFan]

Biden signs were all over Tucson…. Tucson is the most liberal part of the state though.