The election could hinge on President Donald Trump’s ability to recruit an invisible army of voters.
Matt Lewis, a conservative columnist for the Daily Beast, noted: “There are millions of potential voters out there you’ve probably never even thought of. And unlike the assumption that ‘bringing in new voters means moderating your message or ‘going to the center,’ these are people who are more likely to vote the more Trump’s handlers let Trump be Trump.
“If Trump can just find enough new voters in just the right places (some could even be hiding in progressive enclaves), he could lose by up to 5 points nationally and still win the Electoral College. This kind of unlikely but plausible scenario should be keeping Democrats awake at night.”
He maintained that finding a way to turn out a new group of voters could be “Trump’s secret weapon.”
Lewis added: “You don’t have to be cynical about human nature to see how riots tap into the primal fears of the very voters Trump needs to turn out to vote. Few issues pack the kind of emotional punch needed to overcome the weird mix of non-voter apathy, a global pandemic, and an economic downturn, but the combination of street violence and racial anxiety could do the trick.”
Meanwhile, Joe Biden has accused Trump of fomenting violence in U.S. cities.
“He can't stop the violence because for years he’s fomented it." Biden said.
And Lewis noted: “Trump is a political street fighter. But on Monday, Biden demonstrated that he knows how to throw a punch, too.”
Jeffrey Rodack ✉
Jeffrey Rodack, who has nearly a half century in news as a senior editor and city editor for national and local publications, has covered politics for Newsmax for nearly seven years.
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