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JULY 8, 2020: Biden hired Brendan McPhillips, who led Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign in Iowa, to be his state director in Pennsylvania.
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“[Convention] bounces have been getting smaller, which is likely a byproduct of how polarized our politics have become. There are just fewer swing voters, so it’s harder for a candidate to attract support outside of his or her core base of supporters. That said, conventions can still matter, as once you get past the volatile post-convention period, one party tends to have a lasting lead in the national polls (though not necessarily the party whose candidate received the biggest post-convention bounce).
This year, though, there’s a real question about what kind of bounce a virtual convention will produce. Democrats worry that their mostly virtual event may be unable to replicate the energizing spectacle of a traditional convention. And although Trump is pushing for a large in-person convention, there’s no guarantee this will have the desired effect, either.”
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JOE BIDEN ([link removed]) and DONALD TRUMP ([link removed]) won the Democratic and Republican primaries, respectively, in Delaware ([link removed]) and New Jersey ([link removed]) on Tuesday. This was Biden’s first win in his home state of Delaware following two earlier presidential campaigns. Trump won both states in the 2016 Republican presidential primary.
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BIDEN hired ([link removed]) Brendan McPhillips, who led Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign in Iowa, to be his state director in Pennsylvania. Sinceré Harris was also named a senior adviser in the state.
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BIDEN said he would reverse ([link removed]) the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization on his first day in office.
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Sens. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Chuck Grassley, Lamar Alexander, and Mitt Romney announced they will not be attending ([link removed]) the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION ([link removed]) . Reasons for their decisions varied, including the coronavirus pandemic and timing during a re-election year.
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In an interview ([link removed]) with _Forbes_, KANYE WEST ([link removed]) said he was running as a member of the self-created Birthday Party with Wyoming preacher Michelle Tidball as his running mate. West said he had 30 days to make a final decision before ballot access became an issue. He added that his announcement was not a publicity stunt for his upcoming album.
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The New York Times: They Can’t Stomach Trump. They’re Sufficiently Comfortable With Biden. ([link removed])
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Politico: Trump drops out. Biden gets sick. Pence is fired. What if 2020 gets really crazy? ([link removed])
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RealClearPolitics: Biden Skeptics Are Moderate Democrats ([link removed])
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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump responded ([link removed]) to a sniper attack on police officers in Dallas and police-involved shootings of Black men in Minnesota and Louisiana.
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