Trump campaign looks to Vance to help them over the finish line in Pennsylvania

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From nan infinitesimal he arrived successful Milwaukee, Wisconsin, aft being named erstwhile President Donald Trump's moving mate, it was clear that 1 of Sen. JD Vance's superior roles was to thief present battleground Pennsylvania for nan erstwhile president.

The time Vance was announced arsenic Trump's vice statesmanlike prime successful July, Trump told ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jon Karl that he was "going to time off [Vance] successful Pennsylvania."

How to watch ABC News unrecorded sum of 2024 predetermination results.

Pennsylvania's value successful this predetermination can't beryllium overstated -- it's a important plaything authorities pinch 19 coveted electoral votes wherever Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are cervix and neck. Whoever wins nan authorities is very apt triumph nan statesmanlike election. During nan 2020 election, Pennsylvania was nan authorities that sealed nan presidency for President Joe Biden.

It is fundamentally a dormant power betwixt Harris and Trump, pinch nan erstwhile president hardly starring Harris 47.9% to 47.8%, according 538's latest polling mean successful nan state.

The value of Pennsylvania and different captious Rust Belt battleground states was reiterated successful Vance's acceptance reside astatine nan Republican National Convention successful July.

"I committedness you 1 much thing, to nan group of Middletown, Ohio, and each nan forgotten communities successful Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Ohio and each area of our nation, I committedness you this: I will beryllium a vice president who ne'er forgets wherever he came from," Vance, and Ohio native, said astatine nan RNC.

Vance's inheritance is akin to those who unrecorded successful Pennsylvania, which he shared successful his book, "Hillbilly Elegy" and talks astir often connected nan run trail.

Over nan past fewer months, Vance has worked difficult to tribunal voters successful Pennsylvania. When visiting nan state, he often emphasizes his inheritance increasing up successful nan Rust Belt authorities of Ohio, which borders Pennsylvania, and touches connected nan apical issues important voters successful nan state. That Rust Belt relationship is thing nan Trump run is banking connected to thief nan erstwhile president triumph successful nan state.

"JD Vance is much than conscionable an eloquent sound connected nan run way to break down really Kamala collapsed everything from our system to our confederate border, and really President Trump will hole it and get our state backmost connected track," Kush Desai, nan Trump campaign's Pennsylvania spokesperson, told ABC News successful a statement.

"His upbringing and life communicative are an inspiration to countless working-class Americans near down successful Kamala's America who want a amended life for themselves, their families, and their communities -- Sen. Vance is individual testament to nan early that a Trump-Vance management has successful shop for our country."

In nan last 2 days earlier Election Day, Vance will person visited Pennsylvania twice. It will besides beryllium nan authorities wherever he will clasp his last run arena earlier Election Day.

Similarly, Harris will besides beryllium holding her last run arena successful nan state, signifying nan captious domiciled nan authorities plays successful securing nan presidency.

"Harris will walk nan time crisscrossing Pennsylvania, making her last transportation to Pennsylvania voters and mobilizing them to return their ballots and get to nan polls connected Tuesday. The last plaything marks nan Vice President’s 18th travel to Pennsylvania since launching her candidacy successful July," a run spokesperson said successful a connection to ABC News.

Since joining nan Republican ticket, Pennsylvania is nan authorities Vance has visited nan most, making 16 visits to nan authorities and taking portion successful a full of 19 run events, according to ABC's locator of nan senator's run schedule. (Harris' moving mate, Gov. Tim Walz, has visited nan authorities 9 times, according to ABC's locator of his events.)

While campaigning successful Pennsylvania, 1 of nan issues Vance often hits connected is fracking, an important manufacture successful nan state. During her 2020 statesmanlike run, Harris supported a prohibition connected fracking, but has backed distant from that stance since becoming nan Democratic nominee.

Vance has besides emphasized nan nonaccomplishment of manufacturing jobs, bringing them backmost from overseas, often arguing that unleashing American power would thrust down nan costs of manufacturing.

Will Martin, a spokesperson for Vance, told ABC News successful a connection that American moving families person been deed difficult by nan policies of nan Biden-Harris management and person worked to bring Trump's connection to voters successful Pennsylvania.

"Under Donald Trump's leadership, we are going to unleash a caller aureate property of American prosperity and Pennsylvania will beryllium astatine nan halfway of it all," Martin told ABC News.

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