Pennsylvania Democrats press to narrow the gap in the Keystone State's rural Trump country

Cumberland, Lancaster, Union and York counties in 2020 gave Trump 72% of their votes collectively — a 200,000-ballot advantage over President Joe Biden. Seeking out more voters like Ms. Logan, Democrats have deployed a significant get-out-the-vote effort and rolled out a policy framework to boost support among rural voters nationwide.

The Harris campaign recently pledged to recruit 10,000 health care professionals in rural and tribal areas, promised to give farmers the right to repair their equipment, and announced plans to implement grant programs and restore a Biden administration program that provided internet bill savings.

Andy Mrusko, a 73-year-old retiree sporting a Harris-Walz button on his suit jacket as he walked through Lewisburg earlier this month, said concerns about a second Trump administration privatizing or in any way cutting Social Security “makes me a nervous wreck.”

Tim McNatt, a retired concrete and warehouse worker from Cumberland County, said international affairs and the candidates’ character rank high alongside economic concerns.


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