Tag: blue
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Why Democratic megadonors poured millions into blue New York and California
The nation’s largest network of left-leaning megadonors poured millions of dollars into California and New York House races this year to build a get-out-the-vote operation in states so blue that Democrats have not bothered to build much political infrastructure, revealing previously unknown details about the effort to NBC News. Many Democrats credit failures in New…
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New York delivered Republicans the House in 2022. Will the blue state help them keep it in 2024?
KINGSTON, N.Y. — Huddled with volunteers at his campaign headquarters here, Iraq War veteran and freshman Rep. Pat Ryan said it felt like a “pre-mission brief” back in his Army days. Ryan’s mission now is holding onto his seat in a suburban district in upstate New York that Republicans would very much like to flip…
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Democrats brace for a crack in Blue Wall and signs of North Carolina slipping
The “blue wall” states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania have paved the path to the White House for the last two Democratic presidents. But with just 14 days until the Nov. 5 election, there are concerns within Kamala Harris’ campaign about whether the vice president can claim all three states. Recent discussions have centered on…
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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. The Democratic vice president’s trip kicks off a campaign blitz this week in a trio of Northern battlegrounds…
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Trump is veering off the battleground map to blue states: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, politics reporters Matt Dixon and Allan Smith explore why Donald Trump is set to campaign in heavily Democratic…
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Huge ad spending pours into defining Harris in the ‘blue wall’ battlegrounds
Money talks. And right now, the presidential campaigns’ dollars are talking about the “blue wall” — and about defining Kamala Harris. More than half of every dollar spent on ads in the presidential race from Sept. 1 to 20 were spent in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin — with Pennsylvania alone drawing 1 of every 4…
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In effort to shore up blue wall, Harris eyes Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. — The battle for one of the closest swing states is intensifying as Vice President Kamala Harris sweeps into this deep blue college town and state capital Friday for an evening rally. This week, several new polls in Wisconsin showed an extremely tight race. Harris fared slightly better than former President Donald Trump —…