The Biden campaign has Air Force One touch down in Florida last week?
Red State?
Now The President’s jet took him to North Carolina yesterday …..
Could Biden’s pollsters be telling him something we don’t know?
Biden lost the state by just one percentage point in 2020, and his campaign sees a number of factors that could put the state firmly in play this year. While the campaign has mostly focused on states Biden won in 2020 and ensuring that he can repeat that victory, clinching North Carolina would provide the president an alternative path if he loses other swing states.
Biden advisers see an opportunity to attract at least some of the nearly 250,000 GOP voters who cast ballots for former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley in the March Republican primary, according to a Biden campaign official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal thinking. Campaign advisers believe a highly controversial GOP candidate for governor, Mark Robinson, could help boost Democratic voter turnout.
On Thursday, Biden said his bipartisan infrastructure law has hugely benefited North Carolina, including by helping replace lead pipes and improve water quality, an issue that disproportionately affects minority communities. Biden also noted that unemployment has come down on his watch and that the federal government can now negotiate the price of some drugs through Medicare.
“Look — my predecessor and … his allies have a very different view. Every single Republican voted against the American Rescue Plan — every one of them — that’s provided hundreds of millions of dollars to deliver drinking water to all of North Carolina’s schools,” Biden said.
Still, Biden faces a number of political challenges six months out from the election that could erode his chances in the state….