Georgia is an important swing state in the US election. But now the Trump team has confused the state with Georgia. What effect does the error have?
Atlanta – The election campaign in the United States continues at a rapid pace. The date for the US election is approaching and the candidates for the presidency of the USA continue to promote their cause. It is now all the more important to avoid mistakes as far as possible. For the ex-president and candidate Donald Trump However, this has been unsuccessful. His campaign has just made a faux pas in the contested swing state of Georgia.
Georgia instead of Georgia: Trump’s campaign team uses false image in election ad
In a digital ad in Georgia designed to encourage potential voters to register to vote, Trump’s campaign used a picture of a Georgia backdrop instead of a picture of the state. According to Atlanta Journal-Constitutionan American daily newspaper based in the Atlanta area, the ad states: “ATTENTION GEORGIA: I’m humbling asking you to stop what you’re doing and check your voter registration status,” reports the news website Rawstory.
“Only a handful of votes will decide this election. We can stop inflation, secure our borders, lower taxes and make America great again!” it continues. In the background, an image was shown showing a huge mountain range covered in meadows. Above it, a sign called on Americans to register to vote and vote for Trump, accompanied by a link that led to the registration portal.
Georgia instead of Georgia: Trump commercial shows wrong landscape
Unfortunately, according to image data from Shutterstock, the photo did not show a backdrop from Georgia, but instead a landscape from Georgia. The country, which was formerly part of the Soviet Union, has the same name in English as the US state.
It is not the first time that the Trump campaign has made such a mistake in Georgia. After the 2020 presidential election, Trump and his supporters wanted to prevent the vote count with the “Stop the Steal” movement. A Trump ally tried to mobilize other supporters in Atlanta to protest – and misspelled the name of the state on a graphic.
Poll in the swing state: Georgia can be decisive for victory in the US elections
The former president continues to generate a lot of attention in the election campaign, especially in the swing states. For example, with false statements about immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, who eat pets, with his support of a Republican candidate for governor of North Carolina who called himself a “black Nazi” on a porn website, and with blaming Jewish voters if he loses in November. How this will affect his chances remains to be seen.
In Georgia, at least, he is leading in current polls. The state is one of seven decisive swing states in the 2024 US elections. In the previous elections in 2020, the incumbent US President Joe Biden won the state with a narrow majority. But now a survey by the New York Times and the Siena Colleges a majority of 49 to 47 percent for Trump. (gel)
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