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October 9, 2020

Welcome to this edition of The Reader, a weekly roundup of Fortune stories and insights.

It's 25 days until the U.S. presidential election. The second presidential debate is officially canceled while the vice presidential debate was upstaged by a fly. But the polls are favoring Democratic nominee Joe Biden, whose lead is stronger than Obama’s 2008 landslide.

Meanwhile, President Trump is making appeals to seniors; Goldman Sachs's chief economist says a Biden win would boost the economy; and Wisconsin has become more electorally important than ever.

Read on for more news.

Clifton Leaf

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Biden polling lead is stronger than Obama’s 2008 landslide

As of Friday, Democratic nominee Joe Biden has a +9.7 point lead over President Donald Trump, according to RealClearPolitics poll average. 

BY LANCE LAMBERT

OCTOBER 9, 2020

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This week, we surveyed more than 600 women leaders in our Most Powerful Women (MPW) community to find out how they're faring in the pandemic.

66%

• ... of women leaders said the pandemic has exacerbated existing gender bias towards women.

21% 

• ... of women leaders said the pandemic is a great equalizer that has alleviated many forms of gender bias. 13% said there is no gender bias in the workplace.  

55%

•  ... of women leaders said they've been more productive since the onset of the pandemic. 21% said less productive. 

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More essential reads

• The Zoom effect: Why plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures might be more popular because of the pandemic by Rachel King
• Will 2020’s racial reckoning lead to progress on marketing’s long-standing representation problems? by Brooke Henderson
• The tech startup trying to restore our faith in COVID-free air travel by Vivienne Walt
• What might COVID winter dining look like? IDEO and Chicago have some out-there ideas by Brett Haensel
  

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From the archives

“For months, Republican rivals to Donald Trump were proclaiming that nominating him would be an electoral disaster, given the assumption he could not win a general election. Pundits have been saying the same thing, noting that Trump’s historically high unfavorable ratings, especially among women and Hispanics, would doom his general election candidacy. But recent polls show that these assessments may need dramatic revision.”

—Polls show Trump winning in a Clinton showdown, and they may be right by Euel Elliott, May 2016

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