In order to strengthen his support in important states that he is attempting to defend against former President Donald Trump in November, Vice President Joe Biden is traveling to Nevada and Arizona this week to make his reelection pitch. These states are located in the Western region and are considered to be battleground states. In order to convince the American people that his policies are beneficial to them, Vice President Biden will focus his speech on initiatives that aim to reduce the cost of housing and generate employment opportunities in the fields of manufacturing and clean energy.
Additionally, he will make use of the trip to emphasize early organizational efforts in these two states, which the campaign feels will be “core” to achieving election victory. In the same way that his predecessor attempted to make inroads in a community that has been essential to the Democratic coalition for a long time, the current president is also attempting to appeal to Latinos, who constitute a sizeable number of the voters in their respective states of Arizona and Nevada. During his visit to South Phoenix, Arizona, on Tuesday evening, Vice President Biden initiated the “Latinos con Biden-Harris” organizing project for the campaign.
Early polling indicates that the president’s path to victory in these Western swing states may be difficult this year, despite the fact that he defeated former President Donald Trump in both Nevada and Arizona in the year 2020. It is anticipated that the contest in Nevada will be a close one, and a poll conducted by Fox News in Arizona revealed that Trump has a modest advantage over Biden, who has also been handicapped by low approval ratings across the country.
Nevertheless, the team of Vice President Joe Biden is hopeful that a variety of themes, such as arguments regarding democracy and reproductive rights, could work in their favor against Donald Trump, particularly among voters who are moderate issues pertaining to abortion rights may be included on the ballots of the states of Arizona and Nevada in November. The campaign believes that these issues will be essential to its organizing efforts and have the potential to galvanize women and moderate voters.
The citizens of Nevada and Arizona are currently collecting signatures for a ballot initiative that will provide voters with the option to guarantee abortion access in the constitutions of their respective states in the year 2024. Among the states in the United States, Nevada is among the most pro-choice states. Additionally, the vast majority of Arizonans are in favor of access to abortion, as stated by Dan Kanninen, who is the battleground states director for the Biden campaign.
The campaign intends to make the fight for democracy a central tenet of its argument in these states, in addition to addressing concerns such as the advancement of employment opportunities and the safeguarding of labor unions. Democracy-related issues are extremely powerful and in the forefront of people’s minds in both states. Immediately following Trump’s defeat in the 2020 election, his supporters in Arizona began their infamous election audits. The Nevada Republican Party is essentially being managed by Trump’s indicted false electors, and they are in charge of the party.
As Kanninen put it, “Democrats, independents, and moderate Republicans have come together to defeat the candidates on the far right in these states who have defended themselves against Trump’s misleading statements. In order to achieve victory in both states, it will be necessary to activate Biden’s 2020 alliance and to mobilize prospective voters. Kanninen stated that the campaign is aiming to appeal to a diverse range of voters in both states, including those who identify as AAPI, Latino, Black, indigenous, young, and female. Additionally, Biden is optimistic about garnering support from union members.
