Washington Examiner / Magazine
October 20, 2020 Issue
October 20, 2020 Print Edition
Cover Story
Trump’s troubled reelection campaign
In the final days of the 2020 presidential campaign, things do not look good for President Trump. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads by 9.2 points nationally and by 5 points in the top battleground states, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average. More disturbing for Trump is that Biden is at or above 50% in eight of the nine most recent national surveys. The president is below 45% in the same number. The only recent poll that shows Biden winning less than half the national vote has Trump receiving just 40%.The Trump campaign maintains that its internal polling shows the president tied or leading in the battleground states that will determine the winner in the Electoral College. The public polling tells a different story: Trump is as likely to lose Arizona, Georgia, or even Texas as he is to carry Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, or Michigan once again. A Biden landslide is by no means guaranteed, but it is possible.“Right now, what we are seeing in tracking [absentee ballot voters] is an increase in younger, first-time voters — some who will break for Trump but most who will break for Biden,” said Dennis Darnoi, a Republican strategist in Michigan. “Additionally, recent polls show that those who have already cast and returned their absentee ballots are breaking 69-28 for Biden. If that trend were to hold, Biden would have something like a 1.1 [million] vote lead coming into...

True stories you can’t stop reading.

Your Land

We’re all used car salesmen now
Magazine - Your Land
We’re all used car salesmen now
The economic slump accompanying the coronavirus shutdown has hurt just about every industry one way or another. But...
West Coast exodus
Magazine - Your Land
West Coast exodus
West Coast residents have been fleeing big cities for years, and the coronavirus pandemic has only accelerated that...
Word of the Week: ‘Preference’
Magazine - Your Land
Word of the Week: ‘Preference’
Andrew Sullivan’s 1995 Virtually Normal is a deeply underappreciated book in the history of struggles for minority rights...
I wanna be like … LeBron?
Magazine - Your Land
I wanna be like … LeBron?
LeBron James just led the Los Angeles Lakers to the NBA championship, his fourth victory with three different...
Magazine - Your Land
‘Prisoners in our own home’
No hugging your children, grandchildren, husband, or wife — inside or outside of the facility. Those were the rules in Colorado nursing homes. Residents are allowed to have...

Business

Pandemic reduces demand for homes with open floor plans
Business
Pandemic reduces demand for homes with open floor plans
The pandemic may have killed open floor plans in homes as buyers opt for walls over...
Biden’s seven economic deadly sins
Business
Biden’s seven economic deadly sins
Joe Biden keeps claiming to be a centrist Democrat. Polls show that while most realize that...

Washington Briefing

Magazine - Washington Briefing
Amy Coney Barrett survives Democratic landmines at contentious confirmation hearing
By the time Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing began on Oct. 12, Senate Democrats had all...
Economy
Trump campaign defends first-term economic record
Marc Lotter is the director of strategic communications for President Trump’s reelection campaign and served as a special...
Economy
Critics argue Medicare’s payment structure impedes healthcare productivity
Why is the healthcare sector in the United States less productive than other sectors of our economy? Brian...
Letter from editor
‘White supremacy’ was a leftist scam
When facts are stranger than fiction, pundits will say, “You can’t make this stuff up.” But actually, you can make...

Life & Arts

Magazine - Life & Arts
Time’s arrow
Magazine - Life & Arts
The Navy baby
Magazine - Life & Arts
Modern love
Magazine - Life & Arts
Farewell, Fargo
Magazine - Life & Arts
Pickle me tender
Magazine - Life & Arts
A plague of Negronis

True stories you can't stop reading — subscribe for full access.