Election live updates: Trump and Biden returning to campaign trail after chaotic first debate

September 30, 2020 at 7:42 AM EDT

By John Wagner and Annie Linskey

Biden on Wednesday morning plans to launch a train tour through Ohio and Pennsylvania as he seeks to shore up support in two key battleground states in the wake of the debate.

After a launch event at the train station in Cleveland, where the debate was held, the “Build Back Better Train Tour” includes stops in Alliance, Ohio; Pittsburgh; Greensburg, Pa.; Latrobe, Pa.; and Johnstown, Pa., according to the campaign. Along the way, Biden will work in an event at a union facility.

The trip is meant to help Biden connect with voters who supported Trump in 2016 and to give the Democratic nominee a chance to “talk about what he will do as president to create jobs, support working families and build our economy back better,” according to his campaign.

It also sets up a packed day of public events for Biden, who has been accused of running a low-energy campaign that rarely includes more than one public event per day.

In 2016, Trump carried both Ohio and Pennsylvania over Democrat Hillary Clinton. Washington Post averages of recent polls from the two states show Biden leading by one percentage point in Ohio and eight percentage points in Pennsylvania.