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Trump Sees Opening in Battleground Pennsylvania: Courting Disaffected Democrats

WILKES-BARRE, Pa.—Anyone who doubts that the road to the White House runs through this blue-collar city can just ask Donald Trump. He has been here repeatedly as a candidate since 2016, holding raucous rallies at the spacious Mohegan Sun Arena.

Or ask the fans who started lining up in the early morning hours Saturday for his fifth rally at the arena. Trump’s repeated visits are a clear sign he still believes the key to winning Pennsylvania, the nation’s largest battleground state, is to boost support among voters unhappy over how the Democratic Party has led the country over the past four years. And in the process, he hopes to turn formerly Democratic counties, such as this one, into GOP strongholds.

Read full story from The Wall Street Journal.

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