The last seven polls of the presidential race in Pennsylvania in the RealClearPolitics average: Donald Trump ahead by one percentage point, Trump ahead by one percentage point, Trump ahead by one percentage point, Kamala Harris ahead by four percentage points, a tie, a tie, and Trump ahead by two percentage points.
The last six polls of the presidential race in Pennsylvania listed over on FiveThirtyEight: a tie, a tie, Harris ahead by one percentage point, a tie, Trump ahead by one percentage point, Trump ahead by two percentage points.
Kamala Harris could have selected Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro — who in May was seen favorably by 77 percent of Democrats, 42 percent of Republicans, and 39 percent of independent voters — as her running mate, but nope, she just had to placate the pro-Hamas protesters and select Tim Walz.
You can play around with alternate scenarios on the Electoral College map, but the candidate who wins Pennsylvania and its 19 electoral votes is extremely likely to win the presidency. Shapiro might not have been able to guarantee Harris could win Pennsylvania, but he certainly would have helped. Instead, she picked the relatively obscure socialism-defending habitual liar who’s got more baggage than the carousels at Dulles Airport.
Hey, at least Walz is helping Harris in Minnesot– eh, never mind.