Over the course of several days, The Associated Press interviewed a cross section of voters in Northampton County to ask whether Biden's messaging around the fate of democracy was resonating.
These voters represented parts of the very coalition Biden will need to win Pennsylvania again — Black voters, Latinos, independents and moderates from both parties.
A Biden campaign spokesperson said the democracy message is central to the campaign but it is not the only one the campaign will use to reach voters.
Getting Black voters engaged is going to take more from Biden, she believes, because so far his campaign messages have not resonated.
But Lopez thinks messages of fear and Trump imperiling American democracy are essentially meaningless for many of the county's working class voters.
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