Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is ahead of President Trump with over 50% voter support in national polls. And with less than three weeks left until election day, his campaign is working very cautiously to keep its place.
A Democrat strategist told The Hill: “They don’t want to spoil anything in the last three weeks… If the election goes on now, they win. They know it, and more importantly, Mr. Trump knows it. ”
“Simply put, they are winning,” added the strategist. “And they don’t need to do much. They just need to maintain the support of the voters and finish the race ”.
In recent weeks, Mr. Biden has been campaigning much more than he did during the pandemic, with short trips to key battlefield states like Florida on October 13. However, his campaign generally limited events to just one speech per day, largely the same, and avoided lengthy interviews with difficult questions.
Last week, when Mr. Biden disagreed with President Trump over the form of the second debate, it was his associates who asked him to give in.
Chris Lehane, who worked in the Democratic presidential campaign, said Mr. Biden’s side is “really taking advantage of every moment”, and “importantly, they are ready to score as soon as possible. opportunity“.
“Meanwhile, the opponent does not seem to have a strong defense, so there are many loopholes,” he added.
A series of recent polls, nationally and also in key battlefield states, show that Mr. Biden is far ahead of President Trump. The ABC News poll with the Washington Post published on October 11 showed that Biden’s voter support rose to 55 percent, far exceeding the 43 percent level of Trump.
Other polls from CNN-SSRS and Fox News also show that President Trump is trailing at least 10 points behind Mr. Biden, with support for the former vice president consistently above 50%.
American election history has never recorded a “presidential challenger” recently maintained such a position ahead of the incumbent president, when it is less than a month before election day.
Democrat strategist Eddie Vale said Mr Biden’s campaign is “keeping their place smartly” during this sprint.
“Like what they did from the start, they don’t need to embrace everything or react to every move from the Trump campaign,” Vale said.
The expert also mentioned Mr. Biden’s speech last week in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where the Democratic candidate announced it would seek to heal a divided country.
When he disagreed over the second presidential debate, Mr. Biden finally decided to deny President Trump’s offer to add one more debate to the schedule. Before that, Mr. Trump refused to participate in the second debate, which is scheduled to take place this week, as the format has been moved from direct to online to avoid spreading Covid-19.
Democrat strategist Joel Payne said: “The time left to convince and win voter support is shortening for both candidates. I know Mr. Biden’s campaign is not concerned about their candidate in debating, but they are also using a strategy of buying time against Donald Trump.”