Joe Biden targets swing state Ohio in push for White House

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Joe Biden is set to make his first presidential election campaign visit on Monday to Ohio&comma; signalling the former vice president’s hopes of winning the state Democrats lost by a significant margin four years ago&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Biden campaign said the former vice president plans an afternoon campaign speech in Toledo&comma; then will head to Cincinnati for a voter mobilisation event&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Vice President Mike Pence also plans a Make America Great Again campaign stop in Columbus on Monday&comma; as he filled in for President Donald Trump&comma; who has been sidelined from the campaign trail recently after he was diagnosed with Covid-19&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Biden extended his Ohio advertising presence in Ohio last week&comma; adding money notably to radio in rural western counties and in the state’s eastern and southeastern Appalachian counties&comma; where Mr Trump won big four years ago&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The president won the state over Democrat Hillary Clinton by eight percentage points in 2016&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The announcement comes as surveys show the race in Ohio close&comma; with Mr Trump consistently trailing in key northern industrial states he won in 2016&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>That includes Michigan&comma; which is within shouting distance of Toledo&comma; located in Ohio’s northwest corner&comma; Pennsylvania and Wisconsin&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Trump campaign characterises Mr Biden as a latecomer to a state where its ground operation&comma; including 28 field offices and over 117 staff&comma; has been active more months&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;While Joe Biden and Democrats fumble to find Ohio at the 11th hour&comma; Trump Victory never took the Buckeye State for granted and developed the strongest grassroots operation in the history of our state&comma;” spokesman Dan Lusheck said in a statement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We look forward to a big win for Team Trump on November 3&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Biden’s team has said it always had Ohio on its wish list&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Biden’s work with the car industry and his middle-class northeast Pennsylvania upbringing helped fuel the hope&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads2--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; Mr Biden’s team began spending television advertising dollars more aggressively&comma; earlier in Iowa and Georgia&comma; because the two states&comma; though also a leap for a Democratic nominee&comma; have fewer larger media markets and therefore cost less to advertise&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump’s support has declined in suburbs across Ohio this year&comma; notably in and around Cincinnati&comma; according to surveys by Republican legislative strategists&comma; worrying them about whether Mr Trump’s plan to turn out more voters than 2016 in the rural parts of the state can compensate for the losses&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed5971c13b2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; 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