Virus to transform US presidential campaign
Against the backdrop of the unexpected novel coronavirus crisis, all the main actors are finding themselves in the midst of a totally different kind of movie
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IT WAS not so long ago, during the Pre-Coronavirus Age, that we had a more or less clear idea of how the 2020 US presidential election campaign would evolve.
In case you've forgotten, former vice- president Joe Biden was leading Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in the number of pledged delegates to the Democratic presidential nomination convention. The expectation was that after winning several scheduled primaries, including a decisive one in the state of Ohio in late April, Mr Biden would force Senator Sanders to withdraw from the race.
And looming in the background is the general election, that would determine whether or not President Donald Trump gets re-elected for another term.
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