The outcome of the 2024 presidential election may depend on the decision of this state.

In Savannah, GA, Vice President Kamala Harris will spend Thursday morning, a crucial presidential election battleground, one of seven states that will likely determine the winner of her 2024 face off with former President Trump.

On Wednesday, the vice president began a two-day bus tour in southeastern Georgia, accompanied by her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. They visited a high school and then stopped by a barbecue joint.

On Thursday, Harris and Walz will be interviewed before the vice president holds a large rally in Savannah.

Harris's first campaign trail swing in Georgia after the Democratic National Convention indicates that Georgia is a crucial state in November's election.

In 2020, Georgia broke from its long-standing tradition of voting for Republican presidents when President Biden narrowly defeated President Trump, making him the first Democrat to win the state in nearly three decades.

In the upcoming election, Trump's advantage in Georgia over Biden increased from a slight edge to a solid single-digit lead following the president's poor showing in their one debate, which took place in Atlanta in late June.

Since the vice president took over as the leader of the Democrats' 2024 ticket, polls show that the race in Georgia is now too close to call.

A Planet Chronicle poll conducted in Georgia from August 23-26 showed Biden leading Trump by a narrow margin of 50%-48% among registered voters. In the most recent Planet Chronicle survey in Georgia before Biden dropped out of the race, Trump was leading Biden by six points, 51%-45%.

Georgia's popular two-term conservative governor agrees that his state's very competitive.

In a Planet Chronicle Digital interview on Tuesday, Gov. Brian Kemp stated that this state is definitely a battleground.

According to Kemp, the only way for former President Trump or any Republican to reach 270 electoral votes and win the presidency is by winning in Georgia.

He stated that Georgia should be a state that the Republicans win if they have all the necessary mechanics. He is working hard to help provide those mechanics and turn out the Republican vote in November to ensure a victory in the state.

So are the Democrats.

The Harris campaign boasted about having the largest in-state operation of any Democratic presidential campaign cycle in Georgia, with over 190 staff members and 24 coordinated offices across the state, just hours before Vice President Biden's arrival in Savannah.

Georgia has been the site of Harris' second rally since becoming the Democratic Party's standard-bearer, following her first stop in Atlanta.

In contrast to the usual strategy for Democrats to secure statewide victories in Georgia, which involves focusing on metropolitan Atlanta, Harris is currently campaigning in the southern part of the state, away from the suburbs that make up almost 60% of the state's population.

Quentin Fulks, who served as principal deputy campaign manager under Biden and is currently in the same role with Harris, is following the strategy used in the 2018 election to secure Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock's narrow victory over GOP challenger Hershel Walker. The plan is to not only win big in Atlanta and its suburbs, but also to remain competitive in the rest of the state.

"Fulks stated in an MSNBC interview on Tuesday that it is crucial to compete everywhere across the state in order to win. He emphasized the importance of running in rural counties and being statewide, even in counties where Democrats traditionally do not perform well."

The Harris campaign highlighted the importance of campaigning in Southeast Georgia, emphasizing the region's diverse voter base, which includes rural, suburban, and urban Georgians, as well as a significant number of Black voters and working-class families.

Liberty County High School in Hinesville was the first stop for Harris and Walz, where they met with administrators, faculty, students, and observed the marching band rehearsal.

"Harris addressed the students, expressing pride in their generation and emphasizing the importance of their contributions to the country's future."

According to a pool report, the vice president was a member of the band during her high school years.

As her bus tour began, the Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign targeted Harris.

According to senior adviser Brian Hughes, the Trump campaign is gaining support in Georgia by building a broad coalition of people who are dissatisfied with the previous four years of the incumbent's presidency.

RNC spokesperson Morgan Ackley stated that while their highly active and enthusiastic campaign in Georgia is aimed at winning votes throughout the state, Democrats in Georgia are beginning to understand that there is more to Georgia than just Atlanta.

President Donald J. Trump's message of putting America first again resonates with Americans of all backgrounds, which is why Republicans from Catoosa to Camden County and everywhere in between are fired up and ready to re-elect him.

Trump's campaign team in Georgia faces a significant organizational disadvantage compared to the Harris campaign. To win Georgia back, Trump will require support from Kemp's well-funded and efficient political apparatus in mobilizing Republican voters.

Trump criticized Kemp for not successfully challenging the election results in Georgia, despite losing the 2020 election to Biden by a narrow margin.

In 2022, Trump softened his criticism after Kemp won the GOP gubernatorial primary in Georgia, despite Trump's support for Perdue.

In a 10-minute rant at an Atlanta rally, Trump accused Kemp of failing to overturn the 2020 vote count and of allowing a county prosecutor to indict him for trying to reverse the results.

Last week, Trump attempted to mend his relationship with Kemp by expressing admiration for the governor in a social media post.

Kemp stated on Planet Chronicle Digital that he has consistently supported the ticket, regardless of the nominee, for the past couple of years in Georgia.

On Thursday, Georgia first lady Marty Kemp, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Georgia Governor Brian Kemp will join forces to host a fundraiser in Atlanta for the former president.

The governor stated that he believes that four more years of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris or Kamala Harris and Tim Walz would likely be worse than what they were, and therefore, it is not affordable.

"We must concentrate on challenging Kamala Harris and Joe Biden's record while also highlighting our own accomplishments and plans for improvement."

The substantial amount of money being spent by both the Harris and Trump campaigns on ads in Georgia highlights the significance of the state in determining the outcome of the White House race.

Over $42 million is being spent by the Harris campaign on ad time reservations in Georgia, while the Trump campaign is spending nearly $33 million.

The road to the White House is through Georgia, as highlighted by Stephen Lawson, a veteran Georgia-based Republican consultant. This is evident from the Trump-Kemp détente, Harris campaigning in rural Georgia, and the massive spending.

In 2020, that was true. As a result, Joe Biden is currently in office.

He stated that it would be challenging for either Harris or Trump to secure the presidency in the upcoming autumn election unless they win Georgia.