Hillary Clinton Camp Lays Out Strategy in Final Push
Focus is on states where voting has yet to begin.
PHILADELPHIA -- With just two full days until Election Day, the Clinton campaign is mapping out its strategy for the final stretch. The focus now: Battleground states where voting has yet to begin.
"Looking at Trump's schedule versus our schedule is pretty emblematic of how we're approaching this strategically," Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook told reporters on a flight from Florida to Philadelphia Saturday night.
"Trump is basically going everywhere over those last few days and just cramming in every single state," he said. "We have tried to calibrate our schedule to be in states at the peak time for voting."
Given this, in the final two days before Tuesday, Hillary Clinton and her surrogates will concentrate most of their time in states without early voting, such as Pennsylvania and New Hampshire.
On Sunday, Clinton will campaign in Philadelphia; Cleveland, Ohio; and Manchester, New Hampshire. The campaign has announced stops Monday in Grand Rapids, Michigan; Philadelphia; and Raleigh, North Carolina, where she'll hold a midnight rally.
President Obama and Bill Clinton will also make stops in Michigan over the next two days.
The campaign's last-minute push there has opened questions about their confidence in the state, which Clinton lost to Bernie Sanders during the primaries.
Mook admitted the polls are "tightening" there, but said they expect to win.
"Our strength there is really with these suburban women and some of these independents, the Republican-leaning independents, who we've been able to hold," he said. "Part of why we want to be in Grand Rapids is because we think we have an opportunity to pull in some late deciders."
Vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine will of course be on the road ahead of Tuesday, with campaign events planned so far in Wisconsin and Virginia, his hometown state.
In addition, a slew of star-studded surrogates will be fanned out across the battleground states.
President Obama, Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton will join Hillary Clinton at her rally in Philadelphia on Election Eve.
They've also tapped big names like NBA star LeBron James, and singers Katy Perry, Jon Bon Jovi and Cher to hit the trail in these final days.