10/27/2020

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US election 2020 tightens: Trump leads Biden with 48pc to 47pc approval ratings: survey

Oct. 27 - WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump's approval ratings have gone up to 48% as the November 15 presidential election nears, according to the Rasmussen Reports' survey. Trump is neck-and-neck with his rival, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, as the latter's approval stands at 47%, the survey said.

"The latest national telephone and online survey finds Trump edging Biden 48% to 47% among likely US Voters. 3% prefer some other candidate, while 2% remain undecided," the statement said.

According to the statement, last Wednesday, Biden held a 49% to 46% lead, but the race has been tightening since early October. "This is the first time Trump has been ahead since mid-September," said the survey. Trump earns 84% support among Republicans. Biden has 77% of the Democrats' votes.     continue to read


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With more than a third of the expected ballots in the election already cast, it could become increasingly challenging for Trump and Biden to reshape the contours of the race.
Donald Trump, Joe Biden hit battleground Pennsylvania amid Covid crisisTrump drew thousands of largely mask-less supporters as he began a final-week charge through nearly a dozen states ahead of the election. Biden, taking a more cautious approach in effort to show that he’s taking the pandemic seriously, greeted a few dozen supporters outside a Chester, Pennsylvania, campaign field office.


Oct. 27 - President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden zeroed in on the critical battleground of Pennsylvania on Monday, demonstrating starkly different approaches to rallying voters just eight days before polls close during the worst public health crisis in a century.

Trump drew thousands of largely mask-less supporters as he began a final-week charge through nearly a dozen states ahead of the election. Biden, taking a more cautious approach in effort to show that he’s taking the pandemic seriously, greeted a few dozen supporters outside a Chester, Pennsylvania, campaign field office.

“Bottom line is Donald Trump is the worst possible person to lead us through this pandemic,” Biden said as he sharpened his closing message into an indictment of Trump’s handling of the virus. Trump, meanwhile, stoked fears about Biden’s plans to address the outbreak.


“It’s a choice between a Trump boom or a Biden lockdown,” Trump claimed at a rally in Allentown, focusing on the economy and the possibility of lost jobs.

Trump was returning to the White House later to celebrate the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, expected Monday evening. Trump has sought to use the vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last month to animate conservative evangelical and Catholic voters to his candidacy, but the high court fight has been overshadowed by virus concerns.     continue to read

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President Donald Trump dances at the conclusion of a campaign rally at Lancaster Airport, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020 in Lititz, Pa.
Donald Trump for reelection

Oct. 26 - Four years ago, Donald J. Trump presented himself to the American people as a brash, vulgar, gold-plated reality star seeking a political career in which he promised to bounce the entrenched Washington political set off the ropes of a pro wrestling ring and pound them into the canvas. It all seemed so self-serving and absurd.

Sure, he had built a massive real estate empire and lent his name to gleaming skyscrapers. But he had no track record whatsoever in the political world. We had no reason to trust that Mr. Trump would be a good steward of the economy, a fierce defender of our homeland or even a protector of our most cherished constitutional liberties.     more details

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PBS NewsHour full episode, Oct. 26, 2020
Oct 27, 2020
Monday on the NewsHour, President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden keep up the campaign appearances in the race's final week. Plus: What Amy Coney Barrett could mean for the Supreme Court, Sen. Dick Durbin on the Barrett nomination, the country’s dangerous COVID-19 surge, a South Carolina Senate battle, election security technology and Politics Monday with Amy Walter and Tamara Keith.

10/26/2020

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US President Donald Trump dances at the end of a campaign rally in North Carolina on October 24 

US Election 2020: Biden accuses Trump of giving up in Covid fight

Both Republicans and Democrats are wary of polling after the stunning upset Trump pulled off in 2016.


Oct. 16 - US presidential challenger Joe Biden on Sunday accused Donald Trump of giving up in the fight against Covid-19 as the president faced a new outbreak in his team, surging infections nationwide and an uncomfortable admission by his chief of staff.

Nine days before the vote -- and with reported US coronavirus deaths having surpassed the grim total of 225,000 -- Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows conceded Sunday that "we are not going to control the pandemic, which he said could only be done through "vaccines, therapeutics and other mitigation areas."

Control was not practical, he said, because "it is a contagious virus just like the flu."

Biden immediately seized on Meadows' comment as he again hammered the administration over the virus, which has set records for new cases in recent days, with nearly 90,000 on Saturday.

"It was a candid acknowledgement of what President Trump's strategy has clearly been from the beginning of this crisis: to wave the white flag of defeat and hope that by ignoring it, the virus would simply go away," the former vice president said in a statement.

"It hasn't, and it won't."     continue to read

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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump during the third presidential debate

US Election 2020: What is fracking and why is it being discussed so much

The debate on fracking is a decade long one: a central conversation point in the larger discourse around climate change and also a major policy difference between Biden and Trump.


Oct 25 - In the third presidential debate that took place on Thursday, US President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden were at loggerheads once again on the issue of fracking. This is not the first time that fracking has been discussed in this election cycle.

Here’s everything you need to know about the issue:
What is fracking?

Fracking is the technology that allows oil and gas to be extracted from shale rock using a specific technique called horizontal hydraulic fracturing in which drillers bore through thousands of feet of earth to reach the shale. Then the drill bits are turned horizontally deeper into the ground in search of oil and gas. After this, water is shot at the rock at a high speed and oil and gas molecules flow out of the cracks...

...Biden has promised his ‘Build Back Better’ plan that focuses on renewable forms of energy and creating jobs through them and has called for a limited ban on fracking which means ending the use of federally controlled lands for fracking. On the other hand, President Trump rejects the concept of any ban and has held the idea that he is protecting the oil and coal jobs through his stand.    continue to read

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PBS NewsHour Weekend Full Episode October 25, 2020
Oct 25, 2020
On this edition for Sunday, October 25, early voters come out in record numbers as the presidential candidates ramp up their campaigning, COVID-19 cases continue to climb in the U.S., and as part of our ongoing series “Roads to Election 2020” we report from the Lone Star state of Texas, where the race is heating up and almost 7 million people have already voted. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

10/25/2020

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President Trump Holds Rally in Waukesha, Wisconsin
President Trump campaigns in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

Watch LIVE: President Trump Holds Make America Great Again Rally in Waukesha, WI 10-24-20
Oct 25, 2020
President Trump set to hold rally in Waukesha

Oct. 24 - WAUKESHA, Wis. (CBS 58) --- With ten days away from Election Day, both President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden are campaigning today in key battleground states. 

The president held rallies in Ohio and North Carolina, and the former Vice President rallied supports in Pennsylvania, Saturday, Oct. 24.


President Trump is set to speak in Waukesha around 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct..24 in his latest visit to win that could have major implications in next month's election.

Ahead of the president's rally, local leaders called out the Trump Administration and state Republicans for their handling of the pandemic. They also attacked the president for wanting to get rid of the Affordable Care Act, especially during a pandemic. They urged voters to cast their ballots of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.     source

OCTOBER 24, 2020
Campaign 2020
President Trump Holds Rally in Circleville, Ohio
President Trump delivers remarks at a campaign rally in Circleville, Ohio.

President Donald Trump holds campaign rally in Circleville
Oct 25, 2020
President Trump holds campaign rally in Circleville

Oct. 24, CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) – On the same day Ohio State returned to the football field, President Donald Trump returned to the Buckeye State, 10 days before the election, taking credit for the Big Ten’s return.

The president’s supports started lining up bright and early Saturday morning outside the Pickaway County Fairgrounds, which would normally be hosting the annual Pumpkin Show this weekend.

President Donald Trump brushed off polls showing him trailing Democratic rival Joe Biden and predicted a 'red wave like you've never seen before' on Election Day
'I ran because of you, Joe': Trump thanks Ohio for 'firing' the 'depraved' Democrats from the White House in 2016 and brushes off polls showing him trailing because of 'hidden' votes still out there


Oct. 25 - President Donald Trump brushed off polls showing him trailing Democratic rival Joe Biden and predicted a 'red wave like you've never seen before' on Election Day.

'Well we have ten days, and, you know, nothing worries me,' he told reporters after he landed in Columbus, Ohio, for his second campaign rally of the day on Saturday.

Trump has taken to the road to make his case for a second term, planning a multiple state campaign swing for the next 10 days.
'We're going to take this right up until the end and then I suspect I'll rest for about two hours but we'll see what happens,' he said.
 
He claimed there was a 'hidden vote' out there not being seen. He did not elaborate on what he meant.
'We're way ahead than where we were four years ago right? Way ahead where we were four years ago,' he said. 'I don't know if it is a hidden vote. I don't know what it is.'      continue to read
PBS NewsHour Weekend Full Episode October 24, 2020
Oct 25, 2020
On this edition for Saturday, October 24, the presidential candidates ramp up their campaigning as states open for early voting, and the U.S. hits a new record for daily COVID-19 cases. We continue our “Roads to Election 2020” series with a look at issues and voter concerns in Missouri and Wisconsin. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.


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It’s Saturday, Oct. 24. The election is in 10 days.
President Trump and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. laid out starkly different visions of America as they met on the debate stage for the last time. Read live updates.What You Need to Know Today:

Voters wait in line on the first day of in-person early voting in Durham, North Carolina.
US 2020 election could have the highest rate of voter turnout since 1908

Data from the US Elections Project predicts a record 150m ballots, representing 65% of eligible voters, for this election


Oct. 24 - More than 50 million Americans have cast ballots in the US presidential election with 11 days to go in the campaign, a pace that could lead to the highest voter turnout in over a century, according to data from the US Elections Project on Friday.

The eye-popping figure is a sign of intense interest in the contest between Republican Donald Trump and Joe Biden, his Democratic challenger, as well as Americans’ desire to reduce their risk of exposure to Covid-19, which has killed more than 221,000 people across the United States.

Many states have expanded in-person early voting and mail-in ballots ahead of election day on 3 November, as a safer way to vote during the coronavirus pandemic.

The high level of early voting has led Michael McDonald, the University of Florida professor who administers the US Elections Project, to predict a record turnout of about 150 million, representing 65% of eligible voters, the highest rate since 1908.

In Texas, the level of voting has already surpassed 70% of the total turnout in 2016. In Georgia, some have waited in line for more than 10 hours to cast their ballots. And Wisconsin has seen a record number of early votes, with 1.1 million people having returned their ballots as of this week. Voters in VirginiaOhio and Georgia have also seen long lines at early voting sites.     continue to read

OCTOBER 23, 2020
Campaign 2020
President Trump Campaigns in Pensacola, Florida
President Trump delivers remarks at a campaign rally in Pensacola, Florida.
President Donald Trump in Pensacola, FL
Oct. 23, 2020

10/23/2020

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Presidential Debate Live Updates:
As Biden Focuses on the Virus and Health Care, Trump Attacks His Family

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Trump-Biden Second Debate
President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden take part in a debate at Belmont University in Nashville. Kristen Welker of NBC News moderates.
Final 2020 Presidential Debate: WATCH LIVE Pres. Trump, Joe Biden go head-to-head | ABC News
Oct. 22, 2020

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President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will meet onstage at Belmont University in Nashville on Oct. 22 for the last presidential debate of 2020
Presidential debate live updates: Before facing Biden, Trump releases recording of ‘60 Minutes’ interview

Oct. 23 - President Trump on Thursday followed through with a threat to release a recording of his contentious “60 Minutes” interview with Lesley Stahl before it airs, saying it shows “bias, hatred and rudeness.”

Earlier, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, who has avoided answering whether he would want to “pack” the Supreme Court by adding more justices, said in an excerpt from a “60 Minutes” interview that he would form a bipartisan commission to study that issue among others.

Trump and Biden are poised to face off Thursday night in their second and final debate of the 2020 campaign, sharing a stage in Nashville.     source

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Trump supporters outside Belmont University in Nashville ahead of the debate.

Why Tennessee?
Oct. 23 - Today’s debate is taking place in Tennessee, home of country music, Elvis Presley’s Graceland, and the Parthenon (a full-scale replica of the original monument in Athens).

Tennessee is a traditionally conservative stronghold, which Trump won with almost 61 per cent of the vote in 2016.


FiveThirtyEight’s latest polling average currently has Trump ahead of Biden, 54.3 per cent to 40.9 per cent.


Some Belmont University students moved from dorms to Opryland ahead of debate

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Students who live within the security perimeter on Belmont University’s campus have been moved to the Opryland Hotel ahead of Thursday night’s final presidential debate.

According to the Belmont Vision, residents of Wright, Maddox, Kennedy, Potter and Hail were asked to temporarily vacate their rooms for 30 hours.

An estimated 600 students are displaced as a security measure and will stay at Opryland through Friday.

The university will reportedly provide students with transportation, meals and internet access for the duration of the one-night move. Students will be housed with their previous roommates. Resident administrative leadership of the impacted dorms, including resident assistants and resident directors, will be relocated alongside students, according to the student paper.
Belmont soccer player Morgan Pettit said despite the challenges of relocating, most students are embracing the debate experience.

“Our campus like looks completely different right now because all of the kind of construction, the different setup for the debate, that’s pretty wild we’re kind of prepping for a kind of mini lockdown.

When the debate is actually happening like we can’t access our dining hall or anything,” explained Pettit. “I think it’s just the reality of the situation and keeping everyone safe and everyone understands that.”

Belmont will also provide a 180,000 square foot space at the Music City Center for students to watch the debate and engage in socially distanced activities together.     source

With 12 days until Election Day …
  • Tonight’s debate is scheduled to being at 9 p.m. Eastern and will be streamed on The Post’s website, where live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern. Here’s what to watch for in the final debate.
  • Ahead of the debate, Vice President Pence campaigned in Michigan and Indiana and Sen. Kamala D. Harris (Calif.), the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, held a virtual event to bolster women’s support for her ticket.
  • Judge Amy Coney Barrett moved one step closer to a seat on the Supreme Court as the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced her nomination. Democrats boycotted the vote.
  • More than 47 million Americans have already voted in the 2020 election, surpassing the total number of early ballots cast in 2016.
  • Biden leads Trump by nine percentage points nationally, 53 percent to 44 percent, according to an average of national polls since Oct. 12. Biden’s nine-percentage-point margin is the same in Michigan. It’s eight points in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin; six in Arizona; and two in Florida.     source

10/22/2020

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OCTOBER 21, 2020
President Trump Campaigns in Gastonia, North Carolina
President Trump delivers remarks at a rally in support of his reelection held in Gastonia, North Carolina.
President Donald Trump in Gastonia, NC
Oct 21, 2020
Large crowd expected at Trump rally in Gastonia
President Trump speaks to crowd at Gastonia, N.C. rally

Oct. 21, GASTONIA, N.C. (WBTV) - President Donald Trump is visiting Gastonia Wednesday for a campaign rally.


The president will deliver remarks at a Make America Great Again Rally on Oct. 21. The event will happen at Gastonia Municipal Airport on Gaston Day Road. Doors open at 4 p.m., with the event starting at 7 p.m.

By WBTV Web Staff | October 16, 2020 at 4:36 PM EDT - Updated October 21 at 7:39 PMGASTONIA, N.C. (WBTV) - President Donald Trump is visiting Gastonia Wednesday for a campaign rally.

The president will deliver remarks at a Make America Great Again Rally on Oct. 21. The event will happen at Gastonia Municipal Airport on Gaston Day Road. Doors open at 4 p.m., with the event starting at 7 p.m.
Americans want their vote to count. Here's what voters need to know about their rightsThe Carter Center has monitored elections in some of the world’s most dangerous and corrupt countries — Sudan, Kenya and Venezuela among 39 countries in all. Now, the not-for-profit organization founded by former President Jimmy Carter is adding to that list of countries once seen as a model for fair and free elections.

Avery Davis-Roberts, associate director in the Democracy Program at the Carter Center, said in recently taped remarks, “we typically prioritize work in places where democracy seems poised to take a step forward or where it's in danger of sliding backwards. These places are often struggling with polarization, a lack of public trust, ethnic or racial divisions and fears that election results won’t be credible or accepted.

“U.S. elections have never been perfect, but generally Americans trusted in the process and believed in the results. But in the last five or 10 years, we’ve started to see many of the same discouraging trends we see in countries where we work.’’     source

Deadline Now: What To Expect In the Final Presidential Debate Between Donald Trump And Joe Biden

Oct. 22 - Thursday night’s face-off between Donald Trump and Joe Biden will not just pit the candidates against each other, it will also pit Trump against the moderator’s mute button. High drama, given that the president is behind in the polls and doesn’t have a whole lot to lose.

Biden again faces diminished expectations, but needs to be careful not to be not somnambulant — or to give Trump a Ronald Reagan-type breakout moment.     source

10/21/2020

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Lesley Stahl was interviewing President Donald Trump for “60 Minutes.”
Trump ends ’60 Minutes’ interview, attacks Lesley Stahl on Twitter
The president, reportedly frustrated by the line of questioning, said he was considering posting the interview before airtime “for the sake of accuracy in reporting.”

Oct. 21 - At the White House on Tuesday afternoon, President Donald Trump ended a fiery interview taping with CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” proceeded to launch an attack against the interviewer on Twitter for not wearing a mask, and threatened to post the interview before it aired.

The drama unfolded after Trump was frustrated with the line of questioning and how the interview was being conducted, said one person familiar with the episode, while another in the room described the president as “pissed.”

The president spent more than 40 minutes with CBS News correspondent Lesley Stahl, and did not proceed to shoot a second portion of the interview that included Vice President Mike Pence. Following a short break, the president decided he had spent enough time in the interview, one White House official said. Pence went on to spend 15 minutes with Stahl and the “60 Minutes” crew.

After the interview, the president tweeted a video of Stahl speaking to producers inside the White House without a mask accompanied by the message: “Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes not wearing a mask in the White House after her interview with me. Much more to come”...     continue to read

JUST IN: Trump talks 60 Minutes interview: "Lesley Stahl is not going to be happy"
Oct 20, 2020