Local officials see down ballot enthusiasm boost as Harris surges
Nelson intermittently took to the mic between DNC speakers, reminding voters of the down ballot issues in the legislature. He told WHYY News that the months leading up to the election are going to be a grind.
“We’re waiting to exhale. We really, really are. We’re cheering loudly, but we’re waiting to exhale,” Nelson said.
State Rep. Greg Scott, who also represents part of Montgomery County, kicked off the evening alongside Nelson. It was his fourth stop of the night.
“Everywhere I go, people are excited,” Scott said. “They’re excited because we have a vision of hope, a vision to move our country forward and the contrast couldn’t be [more] different.”
Scott reiterated the slogan: Montgomery County is the key to the Keystone — which means that any statewide candidate that wants to win Pennsylvania must energize voters in a county of more than 860,000 residents.
He said Harris has managed to tap into that mantra, following President Joe Biden’s widely panned debate night.
“A couple weeks ago after that debate performance, things looked kind of grim, but I’m here to report today that not only are we excited because we have a new candidate, but we’ve got a big breath of candidates across the board on the bench that are ready to come up and deliver and work,” Scott said.
Harris holds a 3% lead over Trump, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. Polling from FiveThirtyEight shows Harris with a roughly 2% lead over Trump in Pennsylvania.
“But if this is a ‘vibes’ election, when the vibe from Kamala comes through that says ‘It’s okay, we got this’ — all of this enthusiasm that exists now is going to ramp up to a whole nother degree,” Nelson said.
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