For many political junkies and analysts, the 2020 presidential campaign feels eerily familiar. The national polls show the Democrat has a big lead. There are some usually Republican states that seem to be in play. And the Trump campaign is relying heavily on a base-focus strategy.
It’s all very 2016 and it has Trump and Biden supporters wondering in the final tally in November could look similar as well.
The similarities to four years ago are impossible to ignore, but a closer look at the poll numbers shows 2020 holds some important differences, beyond the COVID-19 pandemic and a high unemployment rate. CONT.
Dante Chinni, NBC News
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