NBC News political director and “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd said in an interview with The Times that Beaver County will be featured in a yearlong NBC News project covering five counties in presidential battleground states and culminating with the November 2020 election. Beaver County drew the network’s interest because it is a traditional blue-collar Democratic stronghold that has grown more GOP-friendly and has repeatedly voted for Republican presidential candidates.
NBC News will be seeking “citizen observers” to serve as the eyes and ears for the project throughout 2020, Todd said.