Trump on Monday visits one of those states, Minnesota, where he lost to Hillary Clinton by fewer than 45,000 votes in 2016. The campaign also is targeting New Mexico, Nevada, and New Hampshire, all states where Trump fell short by under 100,000 votes.
Can he win Minnesota with its large Muslim population? Will undecideds turn out for him in a backlash against efforts to install Sharia?
Nevada will be a toughie. He’s already got the rural counties. It’s Clark and Washoe Counties where he faces a well-funded Dirty Harry machine.
And New Mexico will hinge on Taos, Santa Fe, and Albuquerque, all leftist strongholds.
With record fundraising for this stage in a presidential cycle, both the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee are largely unrestrained financially, allowing them to make riskier investments in states won by Clinton. All the target states, except for Nevada, also have Senate races in 2020, a factor that the party believes will provide extra return.
Any early spending could pay dividends for the GOP in 2020, even if those efforts aren’t successful, forcing Democrats opponents to expend precious resources later in the campaign cycle to defend what should be safer Democratic states.
And the Dims will be busy fighting among themselves.
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