This is what it looks like on the front line of the Trump-Biden battle for the nation
MT. LEBANON, Pa. — In Pittsburgh and the surrounding counties, it's increasingly clear how close the contest is between President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden.
"The country is in a state of flux, and that's certainly felt around here," said former Rep. Keith Rothfus, R-Pa."You're seeing the old coalitions splintering." "I don't recall this anger," she said."It's just like everybody's been a pot on the boil ... just seething with anger and resentment." The candidates' focus on the region makes sense. In the seven counties that make up the Pittsburgh metropolitan area — Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington and Westmoreland — Trump bested Clinton in 2016 by more than 58,000 votes. He won the state by about 44,000.
In interviews last week, those voters made clear that while they don't always agree with the president, they like what he has accomplished."Maybe not the way we would have liked it, as fast as we want it, but he's been doing it," Clark said. "They don't have to change their party registration — they are actively choosing to," Nick Trainer, the Trump campaign's director of battleground strategy, said,"and that's a clear sign of the enthusiasm behind the president."
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