Neil Patel
Co-Founder and Publisher, The Daily Caller
September 17, 2020 8:03 PM ET
It’s now pretty clear that Joe Biden has a lead, but President Donald Trump has been closing nationally (which doesn’t really matter) and in key battleground states (which matters a ton). Each party’s base has been decided for months. The election, as usual, is largely about who can convince the people in the middle.
Trump’s appeal to this group is he’s the first politician in a long time who sounds like he’s really clued in to their day-to-day concerns. His economic program succeeded in increasing wages and boosting employment until it was completely undone by the pandemic. Voters know that, and they like it. A lot of the voters in the middle also like Trump’s independence from our country’s established political leadership. They have had enough of the establishment.
What voters don’t like is Trump’s character, the chaos he brings and the coarsening of our national dialogue. People in the middle don’t want our country on edge like it has been. They don’t hate Trump the way the left does, but they are very open to removing him for a non-crazy alternative.
This is where Biden has his biggest opportunity, but to date, he has not chosen to take it. Biden has spent his entire career as a moderate. People know that. What they worry about is just how much he’s actually in control of his own campaign and just how radical those around him may be. If Biden could answer these questions in a reassuring way, a huge win is within his grasp. With these four steps, which are mostly in line with where Biden has been his entire career, Biden would likely put up a huge victory:
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