Hoping to avoid Clinton's 2016 mistakes, Harris courts three 'rust belt' states

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : On election day, voter turnout among key demographics in the rust belt, including Black voters, was lower than expected for Clinton in contrast to real enthusiasm for Trump.
48% : Another poll puts Harris 11 points ahead in Michigan and two in Wisconsin although she trails Trump by four points in Pennsylvania.
47% : One poll shows her doing better than Biden in the rust belt and as neck and neck with Trump in the three key states.
42% : Trump, on the other hand, tapped into rust belt grievances by promising to renegotiate trade deals, bring back manufacturing jobs and "drain the swamp" of Washington politics.
24% : Harris has been the presumptive nominee for less than two weeks but has already gained ground against Trump in all but one of the seven swing states.
15% : But as Biden's disastrous debate performance in June shifted the focus on to his health and fitness for office, there was a real risk that enough voters would stay away again to deliver Trump back into the White House.
7% : The shift from a shuffling, hesitant Biden to a vigorous Harris has re-energised Democratic campaign workers who were increasingly demoralised about the prospects of defeating Trump.
5% : Trump responded by accusing Harris of "running away from Israel", but her statements will do her no harm among younger voters who have become alienated from the Democratic party over Biden's position on the war.

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