Har­ris gives Democ­rats back their ‘swag­ger’ in states thought lost to Trump

Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Harris‘s ascen­dance to the 2024 Demo­c­ra­t­ic pres­i­den­tial nom­i­na­tion has shak­en up the elec­toral map, accord­ing to Democ­rats.
Under Pres­i­dent Joe Biden, bat­tle­ground states Ari­zona and Geor­gia were at risk of becom­ing out of reach due to mount­ing con­cerns over his age despite him flip­ping them for the first time in decades only four years ago. But with Har­ris replac­ing him at the top of the tick­et, Democ­rats are argu­ing those states, in addi­tion to a third, Neva­da, are back in play.
Tharon John­son, a senior advis­er to Biden’s 2020 cam­paign in Geor­gia, described Peach State Democ­rats as hav­ing their “swag­ger back” after Biden announced his deci­sion not to seek reelec­tion and to endorse Har­ris as his suc­ces­sor last week­end. Pri­or to the announce­ment, for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump had an aver­age 4‑point advan­tage over Biden in the state, accord­ing to Real­Clear­Pol­i­tics.
Harris’s ear­ly polling among white vot­ers, par­tic­u­lar­ly those with­out a col­lege degree, is poised to make sure that this November’s elec­tion remains a close con­test, while Rust Belt states Biden had found suc­cess in, such as …