Trying for a comeback in final debate with Biden, Trump is a captive of his own information bubble
President Trump enters his second and final debate with Joe Biden facing a daunting task made vastly more difficult by his own actions.
Trump trails Biden in national polling averages by around 10 percentage points — a more lopsided race than any in a generation. The task of climbing back into contention is made harder by another number: More than 40 million Americans already have voted — likely well over a quarter of the eventual total. Voters who reported having cast their ballots favored Biden 65% to 34% as of the start of this week, according to the USC Dornsife poll’s tracking of the race.
The large number of early voters leaves Trump with a shrinking pool of people to potentially persuade — assuming persuasion is his goal.
With Trump, that’s always been a question. Throughout his presidency, and despite losing the popular vote in 2016, Trump has seemed to believe he can win reelection solely with voters who already support him. That approach has especially shaped his actions during this campaign year, even as a majority of voters consistently tell pollsters they disapprove of how he’s doing his job.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-10-22/trump-biden-stakes-for-final-presidential-debate
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