Kamala Harris visits the Rio Grande Valley of Texas
EDINBURG, Texas - With pollsters moving Texas into the \u201ctoss up\u201d category, Kamala Harris was in the Rio Grande Valley on Friday.
The Democratic Party nominee for Vice President of the United States gave a campaign speech at UT-Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg.\xa0
Earlier in the day she spoke in Houston and Fort Worth.\xa0
The significance of the Valley visit is that the region, at the southmost tip of Texas, is heavily Hispanic and opinion polls have suggested that President Trump is making inroads into this demographic. Harris aimed to excite a traditionally Democratic stronghold.\xa0
Some opinion polls have the presidential race tied in Texas. Others have Trump ahead but with the percentage lead within in the margin of error.\xa0
Democrats are excited because turnout is high. They believe this favors them. This year\u2019s early vote came close to equaling the entire vote in Texas in 2016. In 2016 some eight million voters cast ballots. This year\u2019s final total could reach 12 million, according to political analysts.
This podcast features Harris\u2019 speech at UTRGV, along with the analysis of Rio Grande Guardian editor Steve Taylor.
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