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Every vote counts to prevent the return of Donald Trump, says JD Heilprin, as he knocks door to door in this neighborhood of Montgomery County, on the outskirts of Philadelphia, the most populous city in Pennsylvania, the state that can decide the fate of the states Most divided united states he can remember in his 61 years. Forty years ago, he shared a classroom at the University of California Law School with Kamala Harris, the woman who today could change the course of the country and make history as its first president.
“My first day at college, they sat me next to him in alphabetical order. I was able to meet a good person, energetic and strong in spirit, who was not afraid to draw attention to others. When I saw his speech at the Democratic convention, I said to myself, ‘You know what? I know her, I grew up with her. We must organize people and take to the streets’”, he says, convinced that it is the right way to overcome the division of the country.
The Harris campaign announces that it knocked on three million doors in seven key states this weekend
A division that he observed in the weeks in which he spoke with neighbors to convince them of the need to vote and, above all, how to do it, since the rules change depending on each county, as do the options to choose from. on the ballot papers of each state. Although the presidential vote is the one that attracts the most attention, today the House of Representatives, where the Republicans have the majority, and a third of the Senate, dominated by the Democrats, are also being renewed. Control of both houses will determine the future ruler’s ability to legislate, and most polls predict two more years of gridlock: a Democratic lower house and a Republican Senate.
After several failures, a neighbor finally opens the door to talk. “His name is Charles, he is 66 years old and registered as a Democrat,” warns Lucy, another volunteer, who examined this data in a app of the party. “I hope you don’t knock on the wrong door and find an angry madman with a gun,” laughs Charles, who plans to vote in person today. “Harris can win comfortably, but they will try again what they did four years ago. During the civil war the country was equally divided, but at least they were geographically distributed,” he laments.
During the intense morning on the eve of the elections, this group of eight people will manage to convince two undecideds, will chat about politics with another dozen and will discover that in most of the rich people’s homes the door is not open for them. quarter. Nearly all come from other blue states, such as the Democratic stronghold of California, to knock on the doors of the pivotal state that sends the most votes to the Electoral College and where polls show a technical tie.
Pennsylvania emerges as one of the most decisive states, after the narrow victories of Trump and Biden
Pennsylvania had always voted Democratic since 1982, until Trump entered politics and tore down the so-called blue wall. He won this state by just 40,000 votes, and four years later Joe Biden won it back by about 80,000 votes. Harris’ ambition depends largely on the work of volunteers on the ground, especially in suburbs like this one, where Democratic and Republican signs in the yards of single-family homes are counted equally.
His campaign announced yesterday that, this weekend alone, 90,000 volunteers knocked on three million doors in seven key states. Nearly half, 1.4 million, in Pennsylvania, where residents opened half a million doors. The effort to mobilize the vote is one of its greatest assets and is far more organic than that of the Trump campaign.
The GOP has relied more on outside groups, such as Elon Musk’s political action committee, America PAC, which spent $130 million to hire so-called toutswho in the case of the Democratic campaign are mostly volunteers directed by the party.
Thanks to this field work, JD has confidence in Harris’ chances and believes that the female vote will be the key to her victory: “It was inspiring to see the number of women we found involved in this election. In many broken families, the husband votes Republican and the wife votes Democrat,” he says. According to early voting data, women have already voted 10% more than men and, according to polls, they would be more likely to choose Harris. The right to abortion, which will be on the ballots of ten states, is one of its great mobilizers, as the 2022 midterm legislative elections demonstrated.
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