Axios: “The president’s campaign is placing more importance on Pennsylvania amid growing concern that his chances of clinching Wisconsin are slipping, Trump campaign sources tell Axios. Driving the news: Pennsylvania, which has 20 electoral votes, twice Wisconsin’s number, actually has been trending higher in recent public and internal polling, a welcome development for the campaign. ‘We used to think Pennsylvania would be harder to secure and Wisconsin was in the bag. Now it’s vice versa,’ a Trump campaign adviser said.”
“But remember: Trump won both in 2016. If Wisconsin slips, he has to make up the numbers elsewhere. The campaign sees the ‘path of least resistance’ running through Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and some combination of Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, Minnesota and Nevada, sources close to the campaign tell Axios. The apparent gains in Pennsylvania come amid Trump’s anti-Biden messaging on fracking and trade, as well as law-and-order rhetoric that aides believe plays well with the state’s white, working-class voters.”