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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.
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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 . This email was sent to [email protected] Unsubscribe | Edit your newsletter subscriptions
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