For this reason, the 78-year-old Democrat visited colleges around Pittsburgh to speak with students in coffee shops and on the street to make sure they were registered to vote.
Mr. Donovan volunteers with a non-profit voter registration organization that aims to increase Democratic turnout in the state and intends to support Vice-President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential race.
With 19 electoral votes, more than any other swing state, Pennsylvania has emerged as the election’s must-win candidate, drawing attention to regular voters.
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He told the news, “I think they could be accurate when they say that this is where it’s going to be determined. When we want to get home, that gives us a little more motivation to keep going.
The candidate who has won Pennsylvania in 10 of the previous 12 presidential elections has taken the White House, hence the state’s vote is sometimes regarded as a predictor of the national outcome.
There have been close races in the state before. In 2016, former President Donald Trump won Pennsylvania. President Joe Biden won by a slim margin four years later. Additionally, surveys indicate that Harris and Trump are in a dead heat with just a few days till election day.
