First, a disclaimer: This is not the column I set out to write.
I spent much of Monday talking and emailing with a half-dozen pollsters and campaign strategists, discussing the stark political divisions between rural and small-town voters on the one hand and urban and suburban voters on the other. Then came the news that the U.S. death toll from coronavirus had surpassed 10,000. That is more than three times the total number killed at either Pearl Harbor (2,400) or on 9/11 (3,000). Some experts are saying that the number of fatalities in the U.S. could reach 100 times either number.
Suddenly, writing about voting patterns seemed wrong. CONT.
Charlie Cook