by John Fund
Two ‘war game’ teams agree that undermining confidence in our elections would have terrible long-term consequences.
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Election workers look over some of the hundreds of thousands of early mail-in ballots at the Orange County Registrar of Voters in Santa Ana, Calif., October 16, 2020.
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Looking at the national polls, some conclude that the 2020 presidential election is over.
But candidates — historically usually Republicans — have been known to make up a lot of ground in the final weeks or outperform their final polls. See Gerald Ford in 1976, George H. W. Bush in 1992, and Bob Dole in 1996, though all ended up losing.
About the Author
John Fund is National Review’s national-affairs reporter.
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Looking at the national polls, some conclude that the 2020 presidential election is over.
But candidates — historically usually Republicans — have been known to make up a lot of ground in the final weeks or outperform their final polls. See Gerald Ford in 1976, George H. W. Bush in 1992, and Bob Dole in 1996, though all ended up losing.
About the Author
John Fund is National Review’s national-affairs reporter.
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