The US election campaign is usually in full swing by this stage of the political cycle, but the coronavirus pandemic has put a halt to rallies and fundraising events. David Smith in Washington looks at how the race between Donald Trump and Joe Biden is playing out
No sooner had Senator Joe Biden staged a remarkable political comeback to seal the Democratic party’s presidential nomination than he was forced into lockdown as coronavirus struck America. In the White House, Donald Trump switched from holding rallies to hosting freewheeling daily coronavirus press conferences. As the economy was forced into shutdown and the death toll grew, his poll ratings began to drop.that this is an election campaign like no other.
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