Joe Biden Promises To Govern For All In Atlanta: Rewind

ATLANTA, GA — Former Vice President Joe Biden pushed to flip Georgia to blue in next week's presidential race with stops Tuesday in Atlanta and Warm Springs. He pledged to be a president for all Americans regardless of party affiliation.

“Has the heart of this nation turned to stone? I don’t think so,” Biden said, according to an Associated Press report. “I refuse to believe it.”

Speaking in the small town of Warm Springs — home to the "Little White House" retreat of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt — Biden again bashed President Donald Trump for giving up on efforts to stem the coronavirus pandemic. "He’s swaggered. And he’s surrendered,” the Democrat said of his opponent.

Biden also said Trump failed to manage the economic fallout from the virus or combat institutional racism and police misconduct that have led to demonstrations across the country.

The Democratic nominee later hosted a drive-in event Tuesday evening to encourage Georgians to vote. According to his campaign, at around 5 p.m. Biden attended a drive-in event Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood in Atlanta to encourage Georgians to make a plan to vote during the last week of early voting.

Supporters honked their car horns when Biden spoke.

“Let’s give the people of Georgia two new senatorswho will fight for your interest, not — not for Donald Trump’s interest," Biden said, according to WSB. "And not continue as Perdue and others have to make fun of my running mate. I love how the guys try to degrade everything and everybody. It’s gotta stop and it’s gonna stop with us. Folks, it’s go time,” Biden said.

The Georgia Recorder said Biden hopes to capitalize on Georgia's changing demographics and surge in early voting turnout to win the state's 16 electoral votes and both U.S. Senate seats. The Peach State has not voted for a Democrat to be in the White House since Bill Clinton in 1992.

As of Sunday morning, more than 2.7 million of Georgia's 7.6 million registered voters had already cast their ballots, breaking records. The final week of early voting is typically the busiest, and could see Georgia approach 85 percent of its total 2016 presidential election turnout before the end of October.

An average of recent polls by Real Clear Politics gives President Donald Trump a .4 percent lead over Biden, 47.2 percent for Trump to 46.8 percent for Biden.

On paper, Biden continues to lead Trump by a significant margin nationally, but polling suggests the race is tight in key battlegrounds like Florida, Arizona and North Carolina. Some Democrats are worried that Trump's toned-down debate performance last week could push the race closer.

Meanwhile, Trump is racing across America to reach as many voters as possible — the pandemic and public health guidance notwithstanding — while Biden sticks close to home, relying on surrogates like former President Barack Obama to energize targeted groups of Democratic voters.

The Associated Press says Biden's path to the presidency is wider than the president's options. If the former vice president wins Florida alone, for example, Trump is effectively finished. The Democrat's chances will also increase significantly if he can pick up North Carolina, Arizona or Georgia.

Biden is also within striking distance in Ohio and Iowa, two states Democrats lost by almost double digits four years ago.