By Marlyn Montilla
27 Jul 2024, 15:27 PM EDT
Vice President Kamala Harris has stepped up her Arizona campaign efforts with more than 65 events and the mobilization of thousands of volunteers scheduled for the coming days to conquer the “key” state, which the Democratic Party won in the last presidential election by 11,000 votes.
The events are part of the “Weekend of Action” with more than 2,300 performances across the United States and the participation of approximately 175,000 volunteers with whom the White House candidate begins the countdown to the November 5 elections.
Harris’ appearances this weekend are focused on encouraging her candidacy and participation in the primary elections that will take place next Tuesday, the campaign said in a statement.
Some of the events will focus on appealing to the Latino vote, which is vital for the Democrats and which made the difference in Arizona in the previous elections.
The mobilization in the “swing state” began on Thursday with the presence of union leader Dolores Huerta, who offered her support to the campaign of the woman who could become the first woman to be elected to the presidency of the United States.
Huerta urged Hispanics to support Harris and took the opportunity to attack former President Donald Trump, whom he called “extremist and racist.”
Meanwhile, the granddaughter of activist and defender of farm workers’ rights, Cesar Chavez, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, met on Friday with the mayor of Tucson, Regino Romero, as part of the strategy to call for more support at the borders.
Romero, the first Hispanic to take office, is one of several Democrats in Arizona who have offered their support to the vice president on her path to the presidency of the nation.
Arizona and its 11 electoral votes are seen as crucial to determining who will win the presidency in November.
In 2020, current President Joe Biden achieved a historic victory by winning that state, a traditionally Republican entity.
On Sunday, it will be 100 days before the elections, so both parties will be looking to win the election in the key states for their victory.
According to a recent poll, Harris has recovered much of the ground lost to Biden against the New York tycoon in vital states such as Arizona.
The Emerson College Polling survey found Harris’ support in Arizona at 44% to Trump’s 49%, with a margin of error of 3.3 points.
In the latest polls, before Biden announced his Democratic nomination, the US executive had 40% support among Arizona voters.
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