On Labor Day, celebrated on the first Monday in November in the United States, Joe Biden was campaigning in two key states to decide the majority on November 8: Wisconsin and especially Pennsylvania.
With our correspondent in Washington, Guillaume Naudin
Wilkes Barre, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh. In the space of a week, Joe Biden came to Pennsylvania three times. If he loves this industrial and rural state so much, it is not only because he was born there. It is also and above all because he knows that this is where an important part of the next elections could be played out. That for the state senator post in November first, which could decide the majority in the Senate in Washington.
The president shared a platform with Democratic candidate John Fetterman, to whom opinion polls give a slight advantage over Dr. Oz, who narrowly won the Republican primary thanks to the support of Donald Trump.
arm wrestling
The former president also came on Saturday, very close to the city of birth of his successor, to support his foals. Dr. Oz, of course, but also Doug Mastrianno, a candidate for state governor. If elected, this great supporter of Trumpian electoral denial would organize the 2024 presidential election at the local level. Pennsylvania is one of the states likely to swing the result. This is why Joe Biden insists that the American democracy is in danger. He is trying to mobilize a historically democratic and rather moderate local electorate, but who were tempted by Donald Trump in 2016.