Jul 23, 2020 - Politics & Policy

Former top Clinton adviser sees Trump struggling to meet "the coronavirus election"

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Doug Sosnik, who was the White House political director during President Clinton's successful re-election race, is out with one of his famous political decks, six weeks out from the start of early voting for president.

What he's saying: "Trump is starring in a rerun of his 2016 campaign in a different country than the one that elected him president. Trump changed our politics, but the coronavirus changed our country. Both of these accelerated a new era in American politics."

Doug says these three slides tell the story of the election:

A chart.
Graphic: Doug Sosnik
A graphic.
Graphic: Doug Sosnik
A graphic.
Graphic: Doug Sosnik

Sosnik's full narrative.

Sosnik's full deck.

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