BBC: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Democratic activist, Ms Paul has been knocking on hundreds of strangers\u2019 doors, making phone calls and sending out flyers, all in an effort to woo people here to vote for Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Harris replaced President Joe Biden as the Democratic candidate in July, Ms Paul was hopeful, as she saw the vice-president go \u201coff like a rocket\u201d in Michigan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The state is one of three “blue wall” states – along with Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – that went Democrat in 2020, and if won again, would help clinch a presidential victory for Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But with less than a month to go before election day, Harris\u2019s honeymoon period in Michigan could be ending, leaving her pathway to victory less certain. A Quinnipiac poll last week indicated Donald Trump is leading in the swing state by three points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTo keep that pace for the whole race – even though it\u2019s seriously abbreviated – would be really unrealistic for anyone,\u201d said Ms Paul, a resident of West Bloomfield, Michigan and co-founder of the liberal advocacy group Fems for Dems. \u201cBut I thought that we\u2019d be a little more comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ms Paul is among several Democratic organisers and lawmakers in Michigan who say the presidential race here is tighter than expected, even as the Harris campaign appears to be heeding lessons from 2016. Critics say then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton lost the state because she took it for granted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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