Several of Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign staffers reached out anonymously to left-leaning outlet NBC News, where they revealed they are extremely concerned about her potentially losing two big swing states: Michigan and North Carolina. If individuals who are working closely within the campaign are chewing their fingernails off over the possibility that Harris could lose some critical battleground states, that means things aren’t going as well as the campaign and the mainstream media want you to believe they are.
If Harris loses those two states, it makes her path to victory very, very thin, according to writer John Nolte of Breitbart News, who noted so in his article on the topic. He then points out that when staffers are speaking on the record they come across as very confident about must-win states, however, when a campaign is convinced they are going to lose, they tend to leak their true thoughts and feelings, which is what happened here.
“There has been a thought that maybe Michigan or Wisconsin will fall off,” a senior Harris campaign official, who stressed that the bigger concern is over Michigan. Two other people with knowledge of campaign strategy — who, like others in this article, were granted anonymity to speak candidly — also underscored deep concern about Michigan. Those people still believe that all the states are close and that there are alternative routes to victory. “While North Carolina is still in the campaign’s sights and Democrats maintain strong organization and leadership there, the Harris team is far less bullish about victory,” NBC continued, adding, “four people with knowledge of the dynamics said.”
“Of all of the seven [states], that one seems to be a little bit slipping away,” an anonymous Harris campaign official explained about North Carolina.
Nolte then stated that if Harris loses these two crucial states, but manages to take a victory in swing states where the race is closest, such as Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, she’ll still lose the election as she’ll only have 267 electoral votes to former President Donald Trump’s 277. If that happens, she would need to pull in Georgia or Arizona.
“If she loses Nevada (where the early vote looks terrible for her), along with Michigan, Georgia, and North Carolina, but wins Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Arizona — she still loses the election, 266 electoral votes to 272. If she loses Nevada, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina, but wins Wisconsin, Michigan, and Georgia, she squeaks out a 271 electoral vote win to Trump’s 267,” Nolte wrote.
He then goes on to state that it’s likely if Trump takes a victory in Michigan, he’ll also probably take Wisconsin or Pennsylvania with him. In a poll from RealClearPolitics, Trump is currently ahead in all seven swing states, though the margin is razor thin. One of the best states for Harris at the moment is North Carolina. She’s led Trump in two of the last three polls. The third one was a tie.