Donald Trump’s campaign is deciding by the hour which states the Republican presidential nominee should visit before Election Day to maximize his chances of securing 270 electoral votes.
“We’re not going to Wisconsin tomorrow. We’re still evaluating to see if we can get Mr. Trump back there before the election and we’re making day to day, or even hour by hour decisions based on data for where we’re going to take Mr. Trump,” senior communications adviser Jason Miller told reporters on a conference call Saturday night.
Trump was slated to appear in West Allis, Wis. Sunday afternoon as part of his 14-stop tour between now and the eve of the election. The candidate will now make appearances in Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Virginia before spending Monday in Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire.
“We feel that we have great opportunities with the states that we have lined up and have a strong path to victory,” Miller told reporters.
With margin-of-error contests in many battleground states, Trump and Hillary Clinton have both ramped up their schedules in order to make as many last-minute appearances as possible in the final 72 hours before millions of voters cast their ballots.
The Republican nominee’s team has turned its sights toward blue states like New Mexico, where Miller said internal polling shows Trump “narrowly ahead,” while Clinton’s campaign plans to send President Obama to Michigan on Monday as they hope to quell a rising tide of support for Trump.
“We feel very good about our position in Florida, North Carolina and Ohio heading into this weekend,” Miller said. “We feel very good about the campaign in Iowa. We feel Nevada is going to be a very close state.”
“When you take a look at those states, as I’ve laid them out… that right there would get Trump to 266 [electoral votes],” he continued. “Essentially at this point, we’re looking for one more state.”
The current RealClearPolitics polling average has Clinton up just 1.7 percentage points nationally in the final three days before the Nov. 8 election.
