Volunteers in action at the Guilford County Democratic Party headquarters in Greensboro.
Photographer: Rachel Jessen/BloombergKamala Harris Has Energized Democrats So Much, They Think They Can Win the South
The contest between the vice president and Donald Trump in Georgia and North Carolina is essentially tied, a stark turnaround from when Joe Biden was running.
The surging enthusiasm for Vice President Kamala Harris in Georgia and North Carolina is convincing local Democratic leaders that she can score the first double win in the Southern swing states since Jimmy Carter.
More than 52,000 volunteers have joined the Harris campaign there since she announced her presidential bid — so many that county party heads barely know what to do with them. One official in the Greensboro, North Carolina, area described her headquarters as a “madhouse,” with up to 30 people showing up every day to help and a deep-pocketed donor shelling out to pay neighborhood canvassers.