00:00Welcome to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, about an hour drive north of Philadelphia, home to around 600,000 souls.
00:07Anyone here of voting age is being hotly pursued by both campaigns.
00:12For the upcoming presidential election, this county is arguably the swingiest of all, in the swingiest of the seven battleground states.
00:20As long as we drive through those rural areas, there are a lot of Trump vans, campaign signs and posters in the front yards.
00:29The closer we come to the townships in this county here, for example, Doylestown, the more Harris, Waltz posters and signs will be in the front yards.
00:38It's just a little thing, but it kind of visualizes where this county and where this state is, right in the middle.
00:46Nobody, nobody knows who is carrying Pennsylvania.
00:50This is Doylestown, founded in 1682.
00:53Today it is rich with American East Coast small-town flair, charming boutique stores and quaint family businesses dot the main street.
01:01The Bucks County Republican and Democratic Party Committees have offices here.
01:05Unfortunately, the local Republican Party officials have no time for us. We have more luck with the Democrats.
01:12Hi there.
01:13How are you doing?
01:14Thank you so much.
01:15Thank you for coming.
01:16This is Zachary Kirk, Executive Director of the Bucks County Democratic Committee.
01:20I want to know, do late-in-the-game TV debates really make a difference with voters here?
01:25Yes, people have very much made up their minds in a lot of ways.
01:30But I think there's still definitely room to continue that margin.
01:37And, you know, I think there's still a lot of people out there that we can keep talking to and convince.
01:42However, a quick, but of course not representative, survey on the streets of Doylestown suggests otherwise.
01:49Me on the Trumps.
01:50Trump all the way.
01:51Yeah?
01:52MAGA baby.
01:53I think most people made their minds up.
01:55My husband and I are both conservative leaning, so we are pretty set based on policy.
02:00Given the volume and the overall tenor of the current election cycle, I'm shocked that someone hasn't made up their opinion one way or the other.
02:11Last stop, we join a guided history tour not far from Doylestown.
02:15The site, General George Washington's daring crossing of the Delaware River in 1776.
02:20The event and successive battles with the British changed the tide in America's War of Independence, a seismic event in U.S. history.
02:29Some here feel the outcome of this presidential election may not pale in significance to what happened here almost 250 years ago.
02:37No matter what happens in this election, it's not going to affect me too much.
02:41But it's going to affect one in two generations down the road.
02:44The presidential election 2024.
02:47For many here in this critical swing state, their vote weighs heavier this time around.
02:52Sometimes it's just not easy to see what's going to be on the other side.
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