Sunday shows – Election countdown dominates

by The Hill staff - 11/01/20 11:42 AM ET

Tuesday’s election dominated the Sunday political talk shows, with a senior adviser to Democratic nominee Joe Biden saying that campaign officials “feel very good” about the former vice president’s pathways to victory.

A top aide to President Trump, however, predicted that he will win more than the number of electoral votes needed for reelection.

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Adviser says Biden campaign officials ‘feel very good about our pathways to victory’

By JUSTINE COLEMAN

Adviser Anita Dunn said Sunday that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign is “not leaving anything to chance,” but added that she officials feel “very good about our pathways to victory” ahead of Tuesday’s election.

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Campaign adviser predicts Trump will win more than 290 electoral votes

By JOSEPH CHOI

“We believe that we’ll be over 290 electoral votes on election night,” said Jason Miller. “So no matter what they try to do, what kind of hijinks or law suits or whatever kind of nonsense they try to pull off, we’re still going to have enough electoral votes to get President Trump reelected.”

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RNC chair: ‘I think women are coming back’ to Trump

By ZACK BUDRYK

Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Ronna McDaniel expressed optimism about the GOP’s support among suburban women, saying the demographic is “coming back” even as polling shows collapsing support for President Trump.

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Pennsylvania governor predicts Biden win in state: ‘Things are different now’

By JUSTINE COLEMAN

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) predicted on Sunday that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will win his state, saying that “things are different now” than in 2016.

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Biden up by 10 points in new national poll

By KYLE BALLUCK

Democratic nominee Joe Biden holds a 10-point lead over President Trump in a national poll of registered voters released just two days before the election.

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Fox News poll: Biden leads by 15 points on who is more ‘honest and trustworthy’

By ZACK BUDRYK

Democratic nominee Joe Biden leads President Trump by 15 points on the question of which candidate is “honest and trustworthy,” according to a Fox News poll released Sunday.

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White, non-college voters will play a large part in deciding the election according to polling expert

By JOSEPH CHOI

Polling expert Bill McInturff predicted on Sunday that whites without college educations will play a big part in deciding the presidential election this year.

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Senior adviser points to vaccine when pressed on Trump’s comments about ’rounding the corner’ on pandemic

By JOSEPH CHOI

Jason Miller, a senior adviser to President Trump’s reelection campaign, on Sunday pointed to a COVID-19 vaccine that he said would be ready and distributed by the end of this year when challenged on the president’s claim that the U.S. is “rounding the corner” on the pandemic despite rising cases and deaths.

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Fox’s Wallace confronts Lewandowski on Trump-promoted COVID-10 death count conspiracy theory

By ZACK BUDRYK

“We have seen on multiple occasions instances where people have claimed that they have died from COVID-19 and that wasn’t the case,” Corey Lewandowski, a senior Trump campaign aide, said.

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Wisconsin governor on Trump’s claim doctors aiming to make money: ‘That is such a stupid thing to say’

By JUSTINE COLEMAN

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) said Sunday that President Trump’s claim that doctors are purposefully increasing coronavirus case numbers to make money, calling it “a stupid thing to say.”

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Stephen Moore calls record-breaking GDP growth a ‘game changer’ for Trump

By JORDAN WILLIAMS

Stephen Moore, an economist and adviser to President Trump, touted the nation’s record growth in gross domestic product (GDP) as a “game changer” for Trump just days away from Election Day.

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