President Trump enters his second and final debate with Joe Biden facing a daunting task made vastly more difficult by his own actions. Trump trails Biden in national polling averages by around 10 percentage points — a more lopsided race than any in a generation. The large number of early voters leaves Trump with a shrinking pool of people to potentially persuade — assuming persuasion is his goal. With Trump, that’s always been a question. Trump’s rally illustrated a core challenge for him, says Sarah Longwell, a Republican strategist and Trump opponent who helped found Republican Voters Against Trump and has conducted focus groups with scores of undecided voters this fall.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 22, 2020 11:03 UTC