Donald Trump Has A New Big Problem In Pennsylvania

Trump has fallen behind Kamala Harris in the Pennsylvania polls and now progressives are organizing voters for the Democratic ticket.

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Trump Has A Pennsylvania Problem

Since Vice President Harris entered the race, Donald Trump is not doing well in Pennsylvania. Harris quickly erased Trump's lead in the state, and the shift has been consistent. Even the Republican pollsters who released their polls on Friday showed Harris leading Pennsylvania by at least a point or two.

Trump’s victory in the state in 2016 was a wake-up call for Democrats to change how they campaign. The Clinton campaign was overreliant on driving up Democratic turnout in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. The Clinton operation ignored the state’s rural Democrats and narrowly lost.

Pennsylvania Democrats learned that all Democratic voters matter no matter what part of the state they are in, so they now want every Democrat to vote.

When Biden stepped aside and Harris took over the Democratic campaign, it may have hurt Trump in Pennsylvania more than almost any other swing state. Trump had to repeat the conditions that allowed him to win Pennsylvania in 2016 again in 2024. Trump needed Democrats to be divided and disinterested.

The opposite has happened. Pennsylvania’s left and middle, which, when unified, make up an unbeatable coalition, have come together not to defeat Donald Trump but to elect Kamala Harris.

Instead of a low-turnout election, Trump could be looking at a high-turnout vote, but for our conversation, it is who is working to turn out the vote that presents a new Pennsylvania problem for Trump.