Trump is holding more campaign events than Harris [Video]

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Democrats are second-guessing their presidential nominee’s campaign strategy. This time, Democrats are reportedly concerned that Vice President Kamala Harris isn’t holding enough campaign events compared with former President Donald Trump, which they worry could cost her the election. But how valid is this criticism?

The website VoteHub maintains a tracker of each candidate’s public events, and their data confirms that Trump has indeed held a handful more events than Harris — although neither has exactly been tearing up the campaign trail. From Aug. 23 (the day after the Democratic National Convention) through Oct. 9 (a span of 48 days), Trump held 39 public events, while Harris held 28.*

And if you look just at events in the major swing states (Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin), Trump has held 50 percent more events than Harris has. Trump held 33 events in those seven states during that span, while Harris held …