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In his final pitch to voters, Biden goes hard at moderates
Washington PostDemocratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is closing out his campaign with an increasingly aggressive pitch to moderate voters, seeking to capitalize on anger at President Trump and cement a broad base of support anchored in the center of the political spectrum.
The former vice president’s strategy was apparent on Tuesday as he campaigned in Ohio, a state Trump won decisively four years ago thanks to White working-class voters. In the waning days of the campaign, Biden is trying to convince these swing voters that Trump let them down amid signs that the president’s support has eroded. Over the next three days, Biden will make a similar case in the crucial — and potentially decisive — battleground states of Florida and Pennsylvania, beginning with a speech aimed at seniors on Tuesday afternoon.
Biden’s emphasis on moderation, a hallmark of his decades-long political career, comes after a spring and summer in which he made concessions to his party’s liberal wing as he aimed to consolidate their support, and made the case for a more transformational presidency, as the coronavirus pandemic and a reckoning on race and police violence sparked calls for sweeping change. All told, his platform is more liberal than every past Democratic nominee.
Now, with three weeks until Election Day and millions of Americans already casting their ballots, Biden is bluntly distancing himself from the party’s left flank. He is making more explicit appeals to Republicans and speaking openly of reclaiming “White working-class Democrats” who “thought we forgot them.” He has built a loyal following among older Black voters, who tend to be more conservative than younger Black Americans. And he is waging an aggressive effort to appeal to White women, seniors and suburban voters, who supported Trump four years ago but have shifted away from him.
The former vice president’s strategy was apparent on Tuesday as he campaigned in Ohio, a state Trump won decisively four years ago thanks to White working-class voters. In the waning days of the campaign, Biden is trying to convince these swing voters that Trump let them down amid signs that the president’s support has eroded. Over the next three days, Biden will make a similar case in the crucial — and potentially decisive — battleground states of Florida and Pennsylvania, beginning with a speech aimed at seniors on Tuesday afternoon.
Biden’s emphasis on moderation, a hallmark of his decades-long political career, comes after a spring and summer in which he made concessions to his party’s liberal wing as he aimed to consolidate their support, and made the case for a more transformational presidency, as the coronavirus pandemic and a reckoning on race and police violence sparked calls for sweeping change. All told, his platform is more liberal than every past Democratic nominee.
Now, with three weeks until Election Day and millions of Americans already casting their ballots, Biden is bluntly distancing himself from the party’s left flank. He is making more explicit appeals to Republicans and speaking openly of reclaiming “White working-class Democrats” who “thought we forgot them.” He has built a loyal following among older Black voters, who tend to be more conservative than younger Black Americans. And he is waging an aggressive effort to appeal to White women, seniors and suburban voters, who supported Trump four years ago but have shifted away from him.
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