What is the ‘blue wall’ Trump is attempting to demolish in 2024?

What is the ‘blue wall’ Trump is attempting to demolish in 2024?


Nov 04, 2024 04:34 PM IST

In the ultimate hours earlier than Tuesday’s showdown, Harris and Trump are eyeing not simply the swing states but additionally the ‘blue wall’ states, this is what to know:

As the marketing campaign for the 2024 US presidential election reaches its ultimate hours, the stakes are excessive for each Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. In a ultimate dash to achieve a decisive edge forward of Tuesday’s showdown, the 2 candidates are eyeing not simply the swing states but additionally the “blue wall.”

This mixture of images created on November 03, 2024 reveals, L-R, former US President Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump talking throughout a marketing campaign rally in Kinston, North Carolina, on November 3, 2024 and US Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris talking throughout a service at Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ in Detroit, Michigan, on November 3, 2024. (Photo by Ryan M. Kelly and ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)(AFP)

What is the ‘blue wall’?

Throughout their marketing campaign, the vice chairman and the previous president have spent appreciable time within the “blue wall.” The time period refers to a cluster of 18 states and the District of Columbia. Collectively, they’d been Democratic strongholds for many years.

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The so-called blue wall was notably breached in 2016 when Trump flipped three of them. However, Joe Biden had reverted them to blue once more in 2020, based on USA Today. In addition to Washington DC, the 18 states behind the blue wall are:

  1. California
  2. New York
  3. Illinois
  4. Pennsylvania
  5. New Jersey
  6. Massachusetts
  7. Michigan
  8. Washington
  9. Wisconsin
  10. Maryland
  11. Minnesota
  12. Connecticut
  13. Oregon
  14. Maine
  15. Hawaii
  16. Delaware
  17. Rhode Island
  18. Vermont

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The breach of the ‘blue wall’, their standing in 2024 race

The “blue wall” states had been loyal to the Democratic Party in each presidential election from 1992 to 2012. Up till the 2016 election, when Trump flipped Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, Democrats have been assured of their affect in every of those states.

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Together, these three key states account for a complete of 44 electoral votes within the 2024 race. According to the ultimate NYC/Sienna ballot printed Sunday, Harris has a slender edge in Wisconsin, with 49% of these more likely to vote for her. Meanwhile, she is tied with Trump within the states of Michigan (47%) and Pennsylvania (48%).

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