October 21, 2020

Special Edition: Pre-Presidential Debate Need-to-Know News

Mail Balloting Is Fueling Historic Early Voting in the 2020 Election
Why Share It: More than 36 million Americans have already voted. The Wall Street Journal provides informative visualizations of where those ballots were cast, whether they were in-person or mail-in votes, and the party identification of the early voters.

USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll: Joe Biden leading Donald Trump by 7 points in pivotal Pennsylvania
Why Share It: USA Today provides the results of a new Suffolk University survey of likely voters in Pennsylvania conducted between October 15 and 19. The results suggest Vice President Biden holds a significant lead in this must-win state.
  
Key swing states vulnerable to USPS slowdowns as millions vote by mail, data shows
The Washington Post
Why Share It: The Washington Post reports that delivery performance of the U.S. Postal Service has slipped in recent months, and delivery has been less reliable than the national average in some of the key election battleground states that have strict deadlines for accepting mail-in ballots, such as Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin.

Voters want Senate to prioritize coronavirus relief over Supreme Court, new poll finds
Why Share It: The results of a new CNBC/Change Research survey of nearly 3,000 likely voters in six swing states and more than 2,700 likely voters nationwide show that Vice President Biden is leading in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Trump campaign playing fundraising catch-up after burning through cash in September
Fortune
Why Share It: Fortune reports that the Trump campaign is lagging in both cash on hand and ongoing fundraising performance with two weeks left to go in the U.S. presidential contest.

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