Political experts weigh in on election impacts due to the President contracting COVID-19

Political experts weigh in on election impacts due to the President contracting COVID-19

DIAGNOSIS COULDHAVE IMPACTS ONBOTH THEREPUBLICAN ANDDEMOCRATICPARTIES... ESPECIALLYIN TERMS OF VOTERTURNOUT... NBC 26'SERIC CREST SPOKEWITH TWO POLITICALANALYSTS TODAY TOFIND OUT MORE...A STAPLE OF THETRUMP CAMPAIGN...POLITICAL RALLIES...LIKELY WON'T HAPPENAGAIN BEFORE THEELECTION.... THAT'STHE CONSENUS OFTWO POLITICALANALYSTS WE SPOKEWITH FROMNORTHEASTWISCONSIN... BUTTHAT MAY NOT IMPACTTHE OUTCOME OF THEELECTION."AFTERALL THEPEOPLE WHO GO TOTHE RALLIES AREALREADY INCLINED TOVOTE FOR HIM.

I THINKAT THIS POINT VERYFEW PEOPLE AREUNDECIDED ABOUTHOW THEY WILLVOTE."MICHAEL KRAFTEMERITUSPROFESSOR AT UWGBSAYS VOTERTURNOUT FORTRUMP... COULD BEDOWN IF THEPRESIDENT GETSTERRIBLY ILL... ANDWITH NO RALLIES...AND PRESSCOVERAGE... THATCOULD GIVEDEMOCRATS A SLIGHTADVANTAGE..."THEY CONTINUE TOCAMPAIGN WHICHMEANS THEYCONTINUE TO GETPRESS COVERAGETHAT THE PRESIDENTMIGHT NOT.

BUT ONTHE OTHER HAND THEPRESIDENT HASOBVIOUSLY GOT ANENORMOUS AMOUNTOF COVERAGETODAY."THE DEMOCRATICPARTY IS ALSO FACINGSOME NEWCHALLENGES... INLIGHT OF THEPRESIDENTSDIAGNOSIS... FORSTARTERS... IT COULDGIVE TRUMP A UNIQUEPLATFORM FORVOTERS TOCONSIDER... IF HERECOVERS BEFORETHE ELECTION..."HE NOW HAS ANOPPORTUNITY TO SAYWELL THIS IS WHAT ITLOOKS LIKE AND IDON'T KNOW IF THATWILL HELP OR HURTHIM BUT IT WILL GIVEHIM A DIFFERENT ORADDITIONALOPPORTUNITY TOTALK THROUGH WHATHIS ADMINISTRATIONAND HE HIMSELFTHINK SHOULD BEDONE ABOUT COVID."ARNOLD SHOBER APROFESSOR OFGOVERNMENT ATLAWRENCEUNIVERSITY ALSOTHINKS... MANYVOTERS MAY ALSOSTART PAYINGCLOSER ATTENTION...TO WHAT THE V-PCANDIDATES HAVE TOSAY... ESPECIALLYTRUMP'S BASE.... WHOMAY HAVE TO WATCHTHEIR CANDIDATE...BECOME MORE ILLWITH THE VIRUS..."IT MAY DISSPIRTSOME OF TRUMPSVERY STRONG COREBASE SUPPORT THATHE HAS.

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