Pandemic, dire economy, unrest upend US presidential raceFiery protests over racial injustice and a health pandemic that has killed 100,000 Americans and tanked the economy are converging to form what is perhaps the most unstable US presidential election year in modern historyWASHINGTON - Three concurrent crises scarring the United States -- a deadly health pandemic, economic despair and widespread social unrest -- have reframed this year's presidential contest and prompted national reflection over racial inequality in America. At the same time, unrest has gripped dozens of US cities where protesters demand justice over the killing by Minneapolis police of unarmed black man George Floyd. Trump has walled off the White House from protesters and launched fiery accusations that do little to calm the storm. And his failure to tackle the pandemic early and his threat to unleash the military on protesters is repelling female voters. The persistent inequalities, snapshots of a shattered economy and how leaders respond "will definitely be on the mind of voters in five months," Brown added.

Source: Bangkok Post June 07, 2020 01:41 UTC