( NewsNation ) — It’s the place where the first rock and roll song was ever performed, where the dance “The Twist” first originated, and it’s where Republican former president Donald Trump held a rally in May, declaring he was going to win the state in the 2024 presidential election.
The place is New Jersey, a state that hasn’t gone red since 1988, when the original “Beetlejuice” was haunting theaters.
Latest polls show Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris having a comfortable lead over Trump.
Republicans here are hoping they can swing enough suburban voters who are fed up with high property taxes and what they call liberal social agendas so they can “Make New Jersey Red Again.”
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“I’m hoping to turn the state red,” one of them, Kathleen Wioland, says.
In suburban Morris County, Republican volunteers had a pizza party, where they worked on luring in every vote.
“We have wine, we have high noons, we have beer,” Republican organizer Amanda Ackerman said. “I try to make my volunteer nights kind of a party.”