If they can’t make a real impact on the lives of working class voters in provincial seats, Johnson will meet the same electoral fate as Trump.
“Folks! The people of this nation have spoken. They have delivered a clear victory…“I am humbled by the trust and confidence you place in me.”
Perhaps he will contest the 2024 presidential contest at the age of nearly 82. But expectation that he may not will surely undermine his authority.
It’s very early to draw conclusions from America’s elections – though the President’s challenge to the results has been coming for some time.
The fact, however, that he has won five million more votes than he did in 2016 does tell us that we cannot write him off as an aberration.
“It ain’t over until every vote is counted – every ballot is counted,” he says, as both America’s main parties begin to lawyer up.
Biden may still be elected President – he says “it ain’t over”, but there will no Democrat landslide and the result is in play.
Biden will be “warm towards the UK” if he wins the presidential election, but also “very realistic”, according to the former Foreign Secretary.
Fewer than one in four are holding out for Biden. Does this reflect their view of which will be better for Britain, or simply instinctive mistrust of the Left?
“Trump lies a lot and Biden’s kind of not all there.” And it’s less than a week to go until voting day.”
Many felt the election was going to be close – and that, whatever the outcome, there was a widespread expectation that things would get messy.
The worst-case scenario for polling day and the weeks that follow is illegal, armed militias imposing themselves on polling stations and state capitols.
Plus: Let’s cut VAT on energy bill as soon as we leave transition – deal or no deal. And: first Ardern, then Biden?
Several of our participants remained undecided. They wanted to hear more about where both candidates stood on policy, especially healthcare.
Plus: virtual conferences are the way of the future. America’s vice-presidential debate worked. And: Fox deserved better from his WTO campaign.