A Guide to the 2024 Battleground States

March 20, 2024

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Addisu Demissie joins Tommy to discuss President Biden’s post State of the Union swing state tour, plan to reach Latino voters, and dig into the key 2024 battleground states. They also cover Tuesday’s primary election results and the down ballot races that will determine control of Congress next year, including the critical Ohio Senate race between Senator Sherrod Brown and Trump-backed MAGA candidate Bernie Moreno. Then they discuss Trump getting the old criminal band back together as former aides Paul Manafort and Corey Lewandowski are rumored to be making a return to his 2024 campaign team.

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SHOW NOTES

OHIO PRIMARY RESULTS

CNN: Live Updates: The latest on Ohio’s Senate GOP primary and other state contests
Politico: The most important Senate primary of the year is just one of today’s elections

X: Ohio Exit Polls @kylegriffin1

NYT: What to Watch for in Tuesday’s Primaries in Five States

BIDEN NEVADA EVENT

Reuters: Biden pushes plan to lower rents, blasts Trump in Nevada
AP: Biden promotes plan to lower housing costs while courting Latino voters in Nevada and Arizona

NYT: Biden Looks to Shore Up Latino Support in Visit to Nevada and Arizona

The Hill: Biden to target Trump on trips to Nevada, Arizona

Axios: Poll: Latinos’ slow drift from Dems

BATTLE GROUND STATES

CNN: Biden seeks to reinvigorate diverse coalition in critical 2024 campaign swing out West

Bloomberg: Swing-State Residents Lead Misery Index as 2024 Election Ignites
FT | Forbes: These Are The Six Swing States Trump Needs To Take From Biden To Win In November

WSJ: In Battleground States, Trump Is Ahead in Polls but Playing Catch-Up on the Ground

Bloomberg: Biden Is Too Old But Trump Is Dangerous, Swing-State Poll Shows (2/29)

Intelligencer, NYMag: Biden vs. Trump Polls: Joe’s Battleground Problem (By Ed Kilgore)

FT: This battleground election state is booming. Biden is not getting the credit

CBS: Trump leads Biden narrowly in Georgia as general election comes into focus — CBS News Battleground poll (3/12)

Real Clear Polling: 2024 Georgia: Trump vs Biden (5-way)

Hill: Biden campaign sets sights on flipping North Carolina in 2024

NYT: Why Democrats Are Hopeful in North Carolina and Nervous in Georgia

NYT: The G.O.P. Flamethrower With a Right-Wing Vision for North Carolina

WRAL-TV/SurveyUSA Poll: Trump leads in NC as Biden struggles with younger voters, WRAL News poll shows (3/11)

Real Clear Polling: 2024 North Carolina: Trump vs Biden (5-way)

Real Clear Polling: 2024 General Election: Trump vs. Biden (3-Way, 5-Way)

Morning Consult Weekly Tracker – conducted March 18 (Currently has Biden and Trump even)

Five-Thirty-Eight Presidential General Election Poll List

Politico: New report details how Biden won 2 key states — and what Dems can learn from it (10/27/21)

Pew: Behind Biden’s 2020 Victory (6/30/21)

NYT Interactive: Analyzing the Vote in Battleground States → this link leads to Pennsylvania, but all the battlegrounds are listed at the top of the article and can be clicked through (11/10/2020)