
President Joe Biden’s campaign will host more than 200 events across Georgia this week to engage voters in a key battleground state days before the first presidential debate in Atlanta on Thursday.
In addition to rolling out several new digital and television ads, the campaign has scheduled events throughout the week, including rallies and debate watch parties, beginning with a news conference in Atlanta today to commemorate the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade. It will also make use of several campaign surrogates, including former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and television host Padma Lakshmi.
The week of events is part of a push across several battleground states that Biden’s campaign says will total 1,600 events and 300 watch parties. It comes as both Biden’s and former President Donald Trump’s campaigns focus on Thursday’s debate, which both have described in stark terms for the trajectory of what polls show is a very close race.
In a Sunday memo, Michael Tyler, communications director for Biden’s campaign, said the campaign was “seizing on this moment to organize and activate our supporters, and help them begin to talk to their friends and families who have yet to engage with the choice on the ballot in November.”
Atlanta, the Democratic engine of a state Biden won by roughly 12,000 votes in 2020, is home to several key voting groups that Democrats will need to mobilize to win Georgia again in November, including young voters and voters of color. In polls and focus groups, Black voters and voters younger than 30 have expressed frustration with Biden and have said they are considering supporting Trump or staying home.
After the debate, Biden will travel to North Carolina, a battleground state about which Democrats are increasingly bullish.


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