Donald Trump will visit Wilkes-Barre on Saturday -- the type of place he hopes will hand him Pa. and the presidency

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : It is the only county in the state to swing from President Barack Obama to Trump in 2016, and to then stick with Trump in 2020.
59% : Luzerne, like several counties in the Northeast, had been solidly blue in presidential elections for 20 years until Trump came along in 2016 and won it by 19 percentage points.
53% : "Does [Trump] still have his cult here?"
50% : "I believe Luzerne is the keystone to the Keystone," Republican county chair Gene Ziemba said as he prepared to host the former president on Saturday.Luzerne County, home to Wilkes-Barre, has voted for Trump in the last two elections.
47% : And as Trump looks at his 2024 map, places such as Wilkes-Barre in Luzerne County offer the most potential for him and arguably the most uncertainty.
46% : Luzerne's second largest city, Hazelton, is home to a growing number of Latinos, some of whom have been shifting toward Trump, observed Ziemba, the county chair.
43% : Trump ended up winning Luzerne County by roughly 14 percentage points in 2020, 5 points less than he did in 2016.
36% : Murtaugh thinks Trump should focus his message Saturday on fracking, which Harris opposed in 2019 during her bid for president but now says she supports.
33% : To appeal in the region, Trump has tapped into a distrust of government institutions and grievances about immigration.
31% : As Trump looks at his 2024 map, places like Wilkes-Barre offer the most potential for him and, arguably, the most uncertainty.
27% : "Joe Biden being Joey from Scranton is not a factor anymore, so this, I think, comes closer to a 2016 picture for Trump," said Tim Murtaugh, Trump's former director of communications during his 2020 run.
27% : "Ziemba, the county chair, has a simpler piece of advice for Trump when he comes to town.
23% : It's been a split-screen of Harris generating momentum and Trump struggling to define her.

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