Biden returns to Iowa; Trump plays defense in Mich., Wis.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — When Joe Biden was last in Iowa, his campaign was on the verge of collapse and he was soundly trounced in the caucuses by a former Indiana mayor nearly 40 years his junior. He returns Friday as the Democratic nominee, believing he's just days away from becoming president-elect.
Biden's trip reflects the growing confidence among Democrats in the closing days of the campaign. Iowa, which Trump won by 9 points in 2016, is among the clutch of GOP-leaning states that Biden is trying to bring back into the Democratic column. He'll also swing through Wisconsin on Friday while his running mate, Kamala Harris, courts voters in Texas, a longtime GOP bastion that Democrats insist is in play this year.
Trump, meanwhile, is playing defense in Michigan and Wisconsin, states he won four years ago. The president and Biden will both be in Minnesota, a longtime Democratic state that Trump is trying to flip.
The arc of Biden's rise is eclipsed only by that the challenges faced by Trump — whose confidence in his reelection was dealt a devastating blow by the pandemic this spring, with the public health and economic crises still rearing their head in the days leading up to the close of polling.
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