Joe Biden memorably won the state of Georgia in 2020. But Trump’s campaign team are confident they can shift the key swing state back into their column this year. George Chidi reports from Atlanta. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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In focus, this is US ELECTION extra.
With me, Lucy Hoff.
Today, how the election is becoming a battle of the sexes and the ways this race could reshape the American electorate.
And if you are a woman who lives in a household of men that don't listen to you or value your opinion, just remember that your vote is a private matter.
We'll look at Georgia, a state now bitterly divided down racial and gender lines and where the Democratic stakes couldn't be higher.
This is probably the hardest election decision.
I've ever had to make because I'm basing it off of not my personal self, but just my core belief of.
Who Trump is inside.
And Donald Trump stages a photo shoot in a garbage truck.
250 million people are not garbage.
I could tell you who the real garbage is, but we won't say that.
Joining me is George Chidi, politics and democracy reporter for Guardian US And, George, you've spent much of the last few weeks reporting from Atlanta and the state of Georgia.
Could you just paint me a picture of the mood there?
We're trying not to be insane, and broadly we're succeeding.
But it's close because the election is close.
Absolutely.
Every indication is that this is going to come down to the wire and that at least everything I'm looking at says it's going to be within a point.
Has it ever been that close before?
Well, yes, in 2020, the president won by famously 11,780 votes.