Trump’s electoral fortunes may hinge on whether he can distract voters from his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic

Gift, Thomas (2020) Trump’s electoral fortunes may hinge on whether he can distract voters from his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog (07 Aug 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

With less than three months to go before the 2020 US elections, President Trump is fighting the dual challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and a plummeting economy writes Thomas Gift in this Q&A. Trump’s strategy now will likely be to distract voters from his poor handling of the COVID-19 pandemic by attacking Joe Biden as being too far to the left.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States) H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	29 Sep 2020 10:03
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 20:17
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/106451

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