President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden squared off Thursday night in their final debate, which stood as the trailing incumbent’s best chance to change the race’s trajectory with just 12 days until the election. The Nashville debate offered them a final national stage to outline starkly different visions for a country in the grips of a surging pandemic that has killed more than 225,000 Americans and cost millions of jobs. Despite historic tumult, the race has remained largely unchanged with Biden holding advantages in many battleground states while Trump faces a shortage of campaign cash and, crucially, time. Biden, who has stepped off the campaign trail for several days in favor of debate prep, expected Trump to get intensely personal. Final debates often play an outsized role in electoral outcomes.

Source: The Standard October 23, 2020 01:07 UTC