Several of Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign staffers spoke anonymously to leftist outlet NBC News, where they stated they are very worried about the nominee losing two big swing states: Michigan and North Carolina. Wow. If those who are that close to the campaign are practically wetting their pants over the idea that Harris might lose some critical battleground states, that means things on the ground are not going as well as the mainstream media wants you to think they are.
If Harris loses those two states, it makes her path to victory very, very thin, as John Nolte of Breitbart News points out in his piece on the topic. He then points out that when staffers are speaking on the record they are very confident about must-win states, however, when a campaign is convinced they are probably going to lose, they tend to leak the doom-and-gloom, which is what is happening here.
“There has been a thought that maybe Michigan or Wisconsin will fall off,” a senior Harris campaign official, who stressed that the bigger concern is over Michigan. Two other people with knowledge of campaign strategy — who, like others in this article, were granted anonymity to speak candidly — also underscored deep concern about Michigan. Those people still believe that all the states are close and that there are alternative routes to victory. “While North Carolina is still in the campaign’s sights and Democrats maintain strong organization and leadership there, the Harris team is far less bullish about victory,” NBC continued, adding, “four people with knowledge of the dynamics said.”
“Of all of the seven [states], that one seems to be a little bit slipping away,” an anonymous Harris campaign official went on to say about North Carolina.
Nolte then explained that if Harris loses these two crucial states, but manages to take a victory in swing states where the race is closest, such as Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, she’ll still lose the election as she’ll only have 267 electoral votes to former President Donald Trump’s 277. If that happens, she would need to pull in Georgia or Arizona.
“If she loses Nevada (where the early vote looks terrible for her), along with Michigan, Georgia, and North Carolina, but wins Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Arizona — she still loses the election, 266 electoral votes to 272. If she loses Nevada, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina, but wins Wisconsin, Michigan, and Georgia, she squeaks out a 271 electoral vote win to Trump’s 267,” Nolte elaborated.
He then goes on to state that it’s likely if Trump takes a victory in Michigan, he’ll also probably take Wisconsin or Pennsylvania with him. In a poll from RealClearPolitics, Trump is currently ahead in all seven swing states, though the margin is razor thin. One of the best states for Harris at the moment is North Carolina. She’s led Trump in two of the last three polls. The third one was a tie.
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