How Republicans Narrowed the Gap in the Election

The GOP relied on the president’s flair for the theatrical plus a lot of old-fashioned canvassing

Ben Jacobs
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4 min readNov 3, 2020

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With Election Day here, Republicans are feeling more optimistic about the prospects for Donald Trump’s reelection than they have in weeks, thanks to Trump’s improved poll numbers, a strong economic rebound in the third…

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Ben Jacobs
GEN
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Ben Jacobs is a politics reporter based in Washington. Follow him on Twitter at @bencjacobs.