Updated: October 22, 2020 12:47:13 pm
FILE – This combination of file photos from Sept. 29, 2020, shows President Donald Trump, left, and former Vice President Joe Biden during the first presidential debate at Case Western University and the Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo / Patrick Semansky, file)
Donald Trump and Joe Biden will meet for a final presidential debate on Thursday before the November 3 election. Recent polls have shown that Trump is behind Biden, especially in key states, albeit by a narrow margin. Worried about losing the White House, some advisers urge Trump to change his aggressive behavior from the first debate to a low-key style that puts Biden more directly in the spotlight. But it is not clear if the president will listen, ”the Associated Press reported.
According to the AP, the latest presidential debate has a significant impact on the election result and will therefore be closely scrutinized. The news agency said the 2020 election will be one of the most contentious in US election history. Read the report here
Transparent protective panels are placed on stage between the lecterns for President Donald Trump and the Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden, as preparations for the second presidential debate take place at Belmont University, Wednesday, October 21 2020, in Nashville, Tennessee. Trump and Biden are scheduled to debate on Thursday, October 22 (AP Photo / Patrick Semansky)
In the run-up to the election, analysts have been discussing all the possible ways Trump could win given his performance in the polls. According to the AP, “While Trump has several paths to victory, his most likely route depends on winning two crucial states on the battlefield: Florida and Pennsylvania. If he can claim both and hold onto other Sun Belt states that narrowly won in 2016, North Carolina and Arizona, while playing defense in Georgia and Ohio, which won easily in 2016 but where Biden is now competitive, he will win. ” Read the story here
The Associated Press also reported that the United States government has accused Iran of sending hundreds of emails to Democratic voters residing in battlefield states in what appeared to intimidate them into voting for Trump. This report has also highlighted the US government’s concerns about foreign interference in this year’s US elections. The AP reported that US government officials claim that “both Russia and Iran (have) obtained voter registration information, although that data is sometimes easily accessible and there was no allegation that either country had hacked. a data base”. Read the story here
Former President Barack Obama arrives to speak at Citizens Bank Park while campaigning for former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo / Matt Slocum)
Former US President Barack Obama was on the campaign trail in Pennsylvania supporting Joe Biden, around the same time as Trump, who was campaigning elsewhere as well. The BBC reported that Trump threw barbs at Obama, referring to the 2016 election. “There was no one who campaigned stronger for the corrupt Hillary Clinton than Obama, right? It was everywhere, “Trump had said.
Obama pointed to Trump’s tweets and his mishandling of the coronavirus outbreak. A BBC report quoted Obama as saying that if Biden won, America “was not going to have a president who goes out of his way to insult anyone who doesn’t support him or threatens jail time. That is not normal presidential behavior. ” Read the report here
The BBC has a comprehensive guide to the final debate in Thursday’s presidential election, with details on when and where to watch it, as well as more on the modified format. It also contains an explainer on what is going to be different in this discussion and why it is important. Read it here
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