Matters of Policy & Politics

Area 45: “Your Lights Are Getting Dimmer”

David Brady reviews polling data showing how the 2020 race compares, at this point, to 2016’s contest nationally and in battleground states.

Matters of Policy & Politics•October 8, 2020
Area 45: “Your Lights Are Getting Dimmer”

With the election less than a month away and polls showing Joe Biden with a healthy lead, is there room – and ample time – for a Trump rally? David Brady, a Hoover Institution senior fellow emeritus and Stanford political scientist, reviews polling data showing how the 2020 race compares, at this point, to 2016’s contest nationally and in battleground states.  

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