The campaign to reelect President Joe Biden announced it hired new staff and a series of new offices in Georgia last week. The decision to expand Biden’s political operation in Georgia comes as former President Donald Trump continues to poll ahead of the Democrat in surveys of Peach State voters.
Biden’s campaign reportedly confirmed the addition of seven new offices and nine new full-time campaign workers in Georgia, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The outlet reported a Biden spokesman claimed “the seven offices will be open by mid-April.”
The Biden campaign’s decision to invest in personnel and offices in Georgia comes amid “concerns from local Democrats worried Biden won’t campaign as vigorously in Georgia as other battleground states, such as North Carolina or Pennsylvania,” the outlet reported.
News that the Biden campaign is making early investments into Georgia, potentially to assuage those concerns, also comes months after progressives and Democratic activists stated last November to The New York Times that the Democratic Party and Biden no longer viewed Georgia as a “top tier” priority.
“For some inexplicable reason, a lot of people are leaving Georgia out of the top tier of states to focus,” Democratic Donor and Democracy in Color founder told the outlet, adding that “top donors” and “advisors to billionaires” “have a top tier list of five states and Georgia is not in it.”
Biden was determined to be the winner in Georgia by less than 12,000 votes in 2020.
The president’s new hires in Georgia come amid a flurry of polls showing him behind Trump in a 2024 rematch. The Real Clear Polling average shows Trump ahead of Biden by 3.8 percent. The last poll tracked by the publication, which showed Biden ahead, was published in November 2023 and showed the incumbent just 1-point ahead of Trump.
A recent poll of seven swing states showed Trump winning six, including Georgia, where The Wall Street Journal pollsters found he has a 1-point lead over Biden.
In the survey, Trump polled ahead of Biden in Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. Pollsters found the former president tied with Biden in Wisconsin.
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Tom Pappert is the lead reporter for The Tennessee Star, and also reports for The Georgia Star News, The Virginia Star, and The Arizona Sun Times. Follow Tom on X/Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
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