Kamala Harris rallies in a Pennsylvania bellwether county as she focuses on 'blue wall' states
ERIE, Pa. — Kamala Harris will rally voters Monday in Erie County, a bellwether that has a knack for predicting who carries Pennsylvania, having mirrored the outcome of this crucial battleground state in the last four elections.
ERIE, Pa. — Kamala Harris will rally voters Monday in Erie County, a bellwether that has a knack for predicting who carries Pennsylvania, having mirrored the outcome of this crucial battleground state in the last four elections.
The Democratic vice president's trip kicks off a campaign blitz this week in a trio of Northern battlegrounds that can make or break her hopes of defeating Republican former President Donald Trump next month.
Former President Barack Obama won Erie County comfortably when Pennsylvania was on a blue streak in 2008 and 2012; then Trump won it by about under 2 points in his successful 2016 campaign, before President Joe Biden flipped it back by just 1 point in 2020 as he ousted Trump.
“Pennsylvania is like a smaller version of America,” said Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., who carried the county by 9 percentage points in his 2022 Senate victory. “And Erie is like a smaller version of Pennsylvania.”
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