Why Pennsylvania and Georgia Are Must-Win States

“For Kamala Harris, it is Pennsylvania. For Donald Trump, it is Georgia,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Each campaign has a state that is arguably ‘must-win’ in its path to 270 electoral votes, which explains why both nominees are expending so much time, energy and money in those two places—to secure their own prize and block the other.”

“Harris will spend part of the Labor Day holiday in Pittsburgh alongside President Biden, after a postconvention bus tour Wednesday and Thursday that took her through rural Georgia. Trump, meanwhile, has been traveling across the so-called “blue wall” states, including the biggest battleground prize of Pennsylvania.”

Said Democratic strategist Doug Sosnik: “There are two pivot points for the election: Pennsylvania and Georgia. If Trump can win Pennsylvania or Harris can win Georgia, I think they are then overwhelming favorites to win the election. It’s still possible for Trump to win without Georgia, it’s still possible for Harris to win without Pennsylvania, but it’s a lot more difficult.”