WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee is supplementing its $7 million in spending for its “I Will Vote” campaign by placing mobile billboards in nearly a dozen urban areas that could be crucial to determining the outcome of the presidential election.
The billboards are intended to enhance turnout and direct voters to the DNC’s “I Will Vote” website, which includes polling place information and educational materials.
Mobile billboards will appear in Ann Arbor and Detroit, Michigan; Atlanta, Georgia; Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina; Las Vegas, Nevada; Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Tempe, Arizona.
DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison said in a written statement that the I Will Vote campaign “is a testament to Democrats’ commitment to and investment in the many communities that make up our strong coalition of voters.”
“Throughout the campaign, Democrats have partnered with a variety of vendors and talent that reflect our values as a party and the communities we reach through the campaign,” Harrison said. “Throughout this election cycle, the Democratic Party has not taken a single vote or any community for granted and has taken every opportunity to connect with key members of our party who will carry us across the finish line on Election Day, electing Democrats up and down the ballot.”
Previous DNC “I Will Vote” mobile billboards targeted Asian Americans, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Black, Haitian, Latino, LGBTQ+, Native American and rural voters, according to the announcement. The billboards were also displayed in nine different languages.
The DNC spent about $200,000 on the latest round of mobile billboards.
Over a million people visited the DNC’s I Will Vote campaign website since its launch. Information about voting can also be found on the website voting.gov AND voting.org.
You can report any civil rights violations related to voting to the Department of Justice by calling 800-253-3931 or completing a report on the Internet.
The DNC hopes the billboards will assist Vice President Kamala Harris win the 270 Electoral College votes needed to become the nation’s next president.
Polls show a tight race
Harris has polled closely, often within a margin of error, of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in key battleground races that will determine the next commander in chief.
Cook’s nonpartisan political report with Amy Walter puts Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in the presidential election decider column, meaning Harris and Trump are relatively evenly matched to win College votes Electors in these states.
– wrote Walter, publisher and editor-in-chief, in its finale analysis posted on Friday that “(p)olling averages suggest Trump has a slight lead in Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina. If he won all three, it would give a total of 260 electoral votes, or ten votes less than an Electoral College victory.”
“Harris has a slight edge in Michigan and Wisconsin,” Walter added. “If she wins both, she would still be 19 votes shy of 270. Nevada and Pennsylvania are currently averaging 538 votes. In this scenario, neither candidate could win without Pennsylvania.
However, Walter writes in his article that “the dramatic scenario is not what we have seen over the last two cycles.”
“Instead, almost all the battleground states ultimately split on one candidate. In 2016, Trump wore everything but Nevada. “Biden carried everything but North Carolina in 2020,” Walter wrote. “Furthermore, analyst Ron Brownstein noted that in all but one presidential election since 1980, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin have voted for the same candidate.”
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