Biden's winning strategy: Flip Rust Belt Trump states and hold on tight


  • World
  • Sunday, 08 Nov 2020

FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event in Monaca, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

DETROIT (Reuters) - Three days before Election Day, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was leaving nothing to chance. Polls showed him with a steady, but small, lead in the battleground state of Michigan, a must-win to take the White House.

At a socially distanced, drive-in rally on Belle Isle Park, near downtown Detroit, Motown legend Stevie Wonder performed. Then came the ultimate star power: Barack Obama, the nation's first Black president, urged voters in the 78% African American city to cast their ballots for Biden, his former vice president.

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