If there was any doubt that Philadelphia and surrounding counties would play a key role in electing the next president, the candidates did everything they could to dispel it.
Vice President Kamala Harris, in particular, has visited the city multiple times this fall in an attempt to encourage the city’s overwhelmingly Democratic electorate to vote next Tuesday. She barnstorming through West Philly on Sunday, and has made several other trips to the area over the past few weeks.
Since then, former President Donald Trump has not been to Philadelphia recently debate at the National Constitution Center – except perhaps for takeoffs and landings in the PHL – but he did make a few stops nearby during the campaign. include event at Drexel Hill on Tuesday and unusual rally in Montco it gained national attention a few weeks ago.
Southeastern Pennsylvania has been an vital destination for presidential candidates for decades, but we seem to be seeing more recent sprint visits this month than we did during the same period four years ago.
In overdue 2020, then-candidate Joe Biden was a constant presence in his hometown of Wilmington, Del., but he appears to have made only one visit to Philadelphia in October, appearing at ABC Live Town Hall at the National Constitutional Center.
At the end of that month he also traveled to Bucks and Chester counties, and according to unofficial information, in the first days of November he visited Chester and Philadelphia twice. unofficial calendar of his travels.
Meanwhile, Trump was throughout Pa. at the end of October and early November 2020, including in Newtown, Bucks County, where he delivered a speech at the Revolutionary War Historic Site. However, this appears to have been his only stop in the Philadelphia area in the final days of the campaign. according to the calendar.
Here are the latest Harris and Trump-related events in the area. Please note that we do not include events hosted by their spouses, vice presidential candidates, other former presidents, governors, fame surrogates (sorry, Mark Ruffalo and Don Cheadle), etc.
Harris visits
Philadelphia, September 17
On his second visit to Philadelphia this week (after the 9/11 debate) heard by the National Association of Black Journalists panel on WHYY i spoke at Community College of Philadelphia.
Bucks County, October 16
Harris spoke to a group of Republicans at Washington Crossing State Park.
Chester County, October 21
She he talked with former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney in Malvern.
Philadelphia, Delaware County, October 23
The vice president had a photo session with Mayor Cherelle Parker at the airport, he ordered pastrami at Famous 4th Street Deli and I did CNN town hall in Aston.
Philadelphia, October 27
Harris visited at a church, a barbershop and a bookstore in West Philly, met with teenage athletes and stopped at a Puerto Rican restaurant.
Trump visits
Montgomery County, October 14
The former president held a rally at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks in Upper Providence Township. After two interruptions in the crowd due to medical emergencies, the event turned into a concert of sorts, with Trump silently swaying to the music.
Bucks County, October 20
Trump he worked at the fryer at McDonald’s in Feasterville-Trevose in Lower Southampton Township and spoke to the press before going to the event in Lancaster and the Steelers game.
Delaware County, October 29
He was scheduled to participate in a roundtable discussion about senior issues at Drexel Hill in Upper Darby Township with Mike Huckabee and then hold a rally in Allentown.
