This is what it looks like on the front line of the Trump-Biden battle for the nation (NBC News)

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    This is what it looks like on the front line of the Trump-Biden battle for the nation – By Allan Smith (NBC News) / Sept 13 2020

    The candidates are focusing their time and money on western Pennsylvania — and for good reason.

    MT. LEBANON, Pa. — In Pittsburgh and the surrounding counties, it’s increasingly clear how close the contest is between President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden.

    Since April, the Pittsburgh metropolitan area has seen the third-highest level of TV and radio ad spending on the election of any metro area at more than $21 million, according to Advertising Analytics, trailing only Phoenix and Orlando, Florida. Roughly two-thirds of that spending is pro-Biden, while the remainder is for Trump.

    Biden and Trump have upped their presence, too

    Last month, Biden chose Pittsburgh — site of his initial campaign event — to give his first address outside the Wilmington, Delaware, area since the pandemic took hold, making clear his condemnation for protest violence as well as his stance against an outright ban on fracking, an economic engine outside the city. The president made a visit days later to Latrobe, while Vice President Mike Pence and Eric Trump toured the area last week.

    Continue to article: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/what-it-looks-front-line-trump-biden-battle-nation-n1239782

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