Trump’s Course of Action for the November Face-Off Against Biden

Joe Biden secured a victory in three states with a margin of less than 1 point in the 2020 election: Georgia, Arizona, and Wisconsin.

If Donald Trump can reverse these outcomes in the upcoming election — all three were won by Trump in 2016 — he will return to the White House next year.

But can he accomplish this?

First, he must maintain all the states he won in the previous election.

Trump’s narrowest victory was in North Carolina, with a margin slightly over 1.3%. Florida was his next-closest win, with a margin around 3.4%.

In contrast, Biden has six states with narrow victories of less than 3 points to defend, including Pennsylvania, which he won by not even 1.2%.

The Democratic Party leaders have made claims to the political center to McCain’s former state — there is still no love lost between them and Trump will have to get a solid defining strategy to do so grabs the people’s attention out of political scandals that have taken over the country.

Trump’s team also has to run a more organized campaign than the previous disastrous one led by Brad Parscale.

Despite its expense, this experience with turning out the base to beat Haley by the widest possible margins is a valuable training for the general election. It’s precisely the kind of experience the Trump campaign needs to keep North Carolina in the red column as they will be maximizing turnout to win back Georgia.

Trump also needs to keep in touch with the GOP leaders with whom he has frosty relations and avoid gratuitous offense with his personal rivals to ensure that party unity persists in the battleground states.

Trump also needs to select a running mate who can put into play states like Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, at least one of which Trump must win even if he secures Georgia and Arizona.

Is Sen. J.D. Vance the populist choice to rouse these Rust Belt states hit hard by globalization?

Or does Rep. Elise Stefanik give Trump a much-needed boost with women?

Can South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem combine Midwestern appeal and the women’s vote?

A strategic choice of VP and a party unified in the battleground states might be all it takes to turn the 2020 map back into Trump’s winning 2016 map.

Daniel McCarthy is the editor of Modern Age: A Conservative Review.

Twitter: @ToryAnarchist