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Trump, Biden Campaign in Florida Thursday

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   With days until voters cast the last ballots in the U.S. presidential
   election, the top candidates are focusing their campaign efforts
   Thursdayinthe southeastern state of Florida.

   In every election since 1996, the winner of Florida has won the
   presidency. The winner there earns 29 of the 270 electoral votes needed
   to clinch the election.

   President Donald Trump begins his campaigning day with a rally in the
   city of Tampa before traveling for an evening rally in the state of
   North Carolina.

   Former Vice President Joe Biden is set to speak to supporters in
   Broward County in the afternoon and then head to his own event in Tampa
   in the evening.

   According to an[1] average of major polls compiled by Real Clear
   Politics, Trump trails Biden in Michigan, Pennsylvania,
   and'¯Wisconsin,while the two candidates are virtually tied in Florida
   and North Carolina.'¯

   Trump on Wednesday cast doubt on major polls, telling reporters in Las
   Vegas that his battleground state poll numbers are better than
   thosethesurveys show.

   "Poll numbers are very good. You don't see the real poll numbers,"Trump
   said.'¯

   National polls typically show Biden with alead of 7 or 8 percentage
   pointsover Trump,'¯but with about half that margin in key battleground
   states that are likely to determine the outcome in the'¯Electoral
   College.'¯ '¯'¯

   Biden on Wednesday, after receiving a public health briefing,'¯again
   criticizedTrumpfor holding large outdoor rallies amid the coronavirus
   pandemic, noting that the previous night's rally in Omaha,
   Nebraska,'¯left "hundreds of people, including olderAmericans and
   children, out in sub-freezing temperatures for hours.'¯Several folks
   ended up in the hospital."'¯

   Americans are'¯voting'¯early'¯for Tuesday's presidential election'¯in
   unprecedented numbers, a'¯product'¯of strong feelings'¯for or'¯against
   the'¯two main'¯candidates and a desire to avoid'¯large
   crowds'¯at'¯Election Day'¯polling stations'¯amid'¯the coronavirus
   pandemic.'¯'¯

   More than 76'¯million people hadalready votedas of early Thursday,
   totaling more than'¯half'¯of the overall 2016'¯vote'¯count,'¯which
   was'¯138.8'¯million.'¯

References

   1. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/elections/trump-vs-biden-top-battleground-states/

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