2020 Electoral Map Ratings: Trump Slides, Biden Advantage Expands Over 270 Votes
With three months until Election Day, Trump's handling of COVID-19 and race relations have further hurt his reelection chances. States now leaning toward Democrat Joe Biden would be enough to win.
by Domenico Montanaro
Aug 03, 2020
4 minutes
It's hard to believe that the hole President Trump dug for himself could get deeper, but it has.
A record and widening majority of Americans disapprove of the job he's doing when it comes to handling the coronavirus pandemic; he gets poor scores on race relations; he's seen a suburban erosion despite efforts to win over suburban voters with fear; and all that has led to a worsened outlook for Trump against Democrat Joe Biden in the presidential election.
As a result, in the past month and a half, the latest NPR analysis of the Electoral College has several states shifting in Biden's favor, and now has
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