The Telegraph’s U.S. Editor Ben Riley-Smith writes today on “The Four Reasons To Pause Before Declaring Donald Trump Cannot Win the Election.” Riley-Smith has been visiting battleground states, and while he doesn’t want anyone to think that he is predicting that Trump “will storm to victory,” he is nervous enough to decide it was time to identify “factors anyone certain of a Biden blowout should bear in mind before putting it all on blue.” They include:
(1) The Economy (“…Mr. Trump, despite the steep downturn triggered by the coronavirus lockdowns in the spring, continues to be better trusted to lead a recovery than Mr. Biden.”)
(2) Enthusiasm (“Time and time again Trump campaign officials have briefed that their lead on enthusiasm – the fact that Trump voters are fired up to vote for him – is the reason they will win. There are signs it is working. In Nevada, a swing state, Republicans registered more voters than Democrats in July, August, and September. They had not beaten the Democrats there in registrations in a single month in a Presidential year since 2004. They have also narrowed the gap in registration in Florida and Pennsylvania….”)
