Wisconsin and Minnesota Campaign Face-off
Focus on Pennsylvania Starting Tomorrow
Biden-Obama Joint Rally Scheduled in Michigan This Weekend
[Asia Economy New York=Correspondent Baek Jong-min] On the 30th (local time), four days before the US presidential election, President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden held campaign rallies in the northern 'Rust Belt' following the southern 'Sun Belt' state of Florida the day before.
On this day, President Trump made a strenuous tour of three states: Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, while Biden also toured three states: Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
The sudden cold snap could not dampen their campaign enthusiasm.
Wisconsin, located in the Rust Belt, was a region where Trump won by a margin of 0.77 percentage points in the last election, but this time it leans toward Biden.
According to the election analysis website RealClearPolitics (RCP), Biden leads Wisconsin by 6.4 percentage points, and the gap is gradually widening. Minnesota is also a battleground state, but Biden leads by 4.7 percentage points. However, the gap has narrowed from 9.7 percentage points earlier this month.
At a campaign rally at Waterford Township Airport in Michigan, President Trump mentioned strong car sales and again brought up the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA). He said about the Korea-US FTA, which was concluded during former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's tenure, "He said the terrible trade deal with Korea would create 250,000 jobs, but it was not good," adding, "I renegotiated it and kept a 25% chicken tax."
He criticized Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, saying there is a need to ease regulations imposed due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Earlier, far-right groups supporting Trump were arrested by authorities for plotting to kidnap Governor Whitmer.
President Trump strongly criticized Governor Tim Walz when the attendance at his final rally in Rochester, Minnesota, was limited to 250 people.
Biden held a drive-in rally in Iowa. According to the Associated Press, Biden accused Trump of "giving up" on (COVID-19). He added, "Unlike Trump, we will not succumb to the virus."
The campaign battle between the two will continue over the weekend. On the 31st, President Trump plans to give consecutive speeches in Pennsylvania. Biden will hold his first joint rally with former President Barack Obama in Michigan on the same day and will target Pennsylvania on the 1st and 2nd of next month.
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