'The fear is gone': Democrats think they can make inroads in rural Pennsylvania

Democrats think they have a path to the White House that runs through cutting Trump's margins in rural counties in Pennsylvania.

MERCER, Pa. — Mercer County has been solid Trump country for the past two elections

Donald Trump won this area in rural northwest Pennsylvania by 25 percentage points in 2016, and by 26 points in 2020.

Yet Democrats here think they’ve got what it takes to trim those margins and play a big role in keeping Pennsylvania blue. In conversations with Democratic activists and volunteers, many noted how they’ve had more on-the-ground support this time around.

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On the one hand, they believe they’ve made inroads with voters who are now quietly backing Harris, or with soft Republicans who have reached their end point with Trump. On the other, they’ve never had so much luck in the Trump era in getting their neighbors to put up yard signs for a Democratic presidential nominee as they have this fall.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/democrats-inroads-rural-pennsylvania-rcna178547

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