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two-month countdown to us election: candidates compete in seven swing states, and a key group is in the spotlight

2024-09-05

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after labor day on monday (september 2nd) local time, the us election officially entered the critical countdown stage of the final two months.

the campaign teams of democratic presidential candidate and vice president harris and republican presidential candidate and former president trump revealed that they will invest all their remaining time and resources in seven swing states in the next eight weeks, focusing on key issues such as the u.s. economy, illegal immigration and abortion rights.

the reason why labor day is seen as a key node in the us presidential election is that most american voters usually pay attention to the election at this time, because the candidates of both parties have been officially established and nominated, and the times of important election-related events, such as the presidential debate and vice presidential debate, have also been determined.

harris and trump will have a televised debate next week, which will be their first meeting and first debate since they were nominated.

harris strategy: show weakness!

the harris campaign said in a memo on sunday that their race "remains a disadvantage."

"the situation is not optimistic," said david plouffe, a senior adviser to harris' campaign. "the road to defeating trump and harris's path to winning 270 electoral votes is extremely difficult, but still doable. that's the reality."

however, harris has been gaining momentum since taking over from biden as the democratic presidential candidate. according to fundraising data, harris' campaign team has raised more than $500 million since the end of july.