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A high Trump volunteer in Massachusetts is out after sending an e-mail on Sunday night warning \u201cthe marketing campaign has decided that New Hampshire is now not a battleground state\u201d and urging supporters to place their efforts into Pennsylvania as an alternative.<\/p>\n

Tom Mountain, who had served as one in every of a number of vice chairs for the Trump in Massachusetts, wrote \u201cthe marketing campaign has decided that New Hampshire is now not a battleground state,\u201d and suggested supporters to as an alternative direct their consideration to Pennsylvania, the Boston Globe<\/a> reported in an unique.<\/p>\n

\u201c(T)he Dems\u2019 marketing campaign shakeup from Biden to Harris led our marketing campaign to shift technique to different winnable battleground states,\u201d Mountain wrote in an e-mail to Trump volunteers within the state. \u201cSo for individuals who had been lively within the NH floor marketing campaign in 2016 and 2020, and anticipated to do the identical after Labor Day, the easy query is\u2026 what are we to do?\u201d Mountain wrote. \u201cGO TO PENNSYLVANIA. The closest battleground state. This can be a must-win state. If we lose Pennsylvania we lose the election.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mountain wrote within the e-mail \u201cTrump \n \n \n \n <\/g> \n <\/g> \n <\/g><\/svg><\/span><\/a> was \u2018positive to lose by an excellent larger margin\u2019 in New Hampshire than in 2016 and 2020, citing \u2018marketing campaign information\/analysis.\u2019 He claimed assets could be suspended and the marketing campaign wouldn’t ship Trump or high-profile surrogates akin to his sons. The e-mail was obtained by the Globe and confirmed with a number of recipients.\u201d<\/p>\n

538<\/a> has New Hampshire +7 for Kamala Harris as of September 2.<\/p>\n

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Though Mountain has been a vice chair for Trump in Massachusetts, after his e-mail, a senior advisor to the Trump marketing campaign stated he \u201cwill now not have any involvement\u201d within the marketing campaign.<\/p>\n

The Trump marketing campaign sought to allay issues raised by Mountain by saying his e-mail wasn\u2019t true and that he was a mere volunteer and subsequently not aware of marketing campaign information and technique.<\/p>\n

They are saying they’re protecting a presence on the bottom within the Granite State, though the Globe famous that the RNC wouldn\u2019t reply questions on any plans for marketing campaign occasions in New Hampshire, or what assets it\u2019s sending there, if any, observing that whereas Kamala Harris<\/svg><\/span><\/a> is predicted to go to the state this week, Trump hasn\u2019t been there since January, \u201cand it has been months because the state has had a go to from a high surrogate, akin to North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum in April.<\/p>\n

As of July 31, an Emerson College Polling\/WHDH<\/a> survey of New Hampshire voters discovered \u201c50% of voters assist Vice President Kamala Harris and 46% assist former president Donald Trump. 4 % of voters are undecided. When undecided voters are requested which candidate they lean towards, Harris\u2019 complete assist will increase to 52% and Trump 48%. With third get together candidates on the poll, Harris leads Trump 48% to 41%; 6% assist Robert Kennedy Jr., 1% assist Jill Stein.\u201d<\/p>\n

These numbers put Mountain\u2019s e-mail into context and lend it some credence. We’ll see if the Trump marketing campaign ship any excessive profile surrogates and if the RNC sends assets to the state.<\/p>\n


For info on voting in New Hampshire, try Vote411 <\/a>or register to vote at Vote.Org.<\/em><\/p>\n

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