Biden details his response plan
Xinhua news agency, Washington, October 23 (Xinhua News Agency reporter Sun Ding, Xu Jianmei) President and Republican trump, who is seeking re-election, visited key "swing state" Florida on the 23rd, holding two rallies in one day; his opponent, Democratic candidate and former Vice President Biden, delivered a speech in Wilmington, Delaware, on the same day, detailing his plan to deal with the new epidemic.
Trump held a rally in Florida's well-known retirement community "village" and the coastal city of Pensacola. At the rally, trump attacked Biden's performance in the last debate between the two men on the night of 22, made a big fuss on Biden's position on the energy issue, and continued to claim that the new crown epidemic will soon dissipate in the United States. In addition, he also revealed that he will participate in the live early voting in Florida on the 24th. Last September, trump changed his registered residence from New York to Florida.
U.S. election experts believe that if trump wants to be re elected, he must take Florida, which has the third largest number of electoral votes. In 2016, trump won Florida by a narrow margin. According to the U.S. website "clear politics", as of the 23rd, trump was 1.5 percentage points behind Biden in the State Poll, while in the national poll, trump was 7.9 percentage points behind.
Biden's speech on the same day first pointed to trump's remarks on the new epidemic in the debate, accusing him of lacking empathy and sense of responsibility. Biden said if he wins, he will require everyone in federal buildings and interstate vehicles to wear masks and persuade local officials to issue a mask injunction. In addition, Biden proposed to develop a national testing plan, fill the gap in personal protective equipment, and free distribution of safe and effective vaccines.
The new crown epidemic is one of the important topics in this year's US presidential election. According to data updated on the website of the Centers for Disease Control and prevention on the 23rd, 74380 new cases were reported in the United States on the 22nd, the highest number of new cases in a single day since July 31. According to Johns Hopkins University statistics, as of the evening of 23, the total number of confirmed cases of new coronavirus infection in the United States has exceeded 8.47 million, and the number of deaths has exceeded 220000.
Most states and territories in the United States are in the process of early on-site and mail voting. According to the "U.S. election plan," more than 52 million voters have participated in early voting as of the evening of the 23rd, of which more than 36 million voters used postal ballots and 16 million voters cast live ballots.
Peng Si, vice president of the United States and Trump's running mate, took part in the early morning voting in his hometown of Indiana, and then went to Ohio and Pennsylvania to hold campaign activities. Biden's running mate, Senator Harris, appeared in Atlanta, Georgia on the same day, encouraging voters to vote early.
Trump and Biden held the last and second debate in Nashville, Tennessee, on the evening of 22nd. Although the atmosphere on the scene was milder than the first, they still had a fierce confrontation on topics such as the new crown epidemic, national security, health care, immigration, race, economy, climate change and so on. Preliminary ratings showed that about 63 million people watched the debate that night, with an audience of about 10 million less than the first one.
The trump campaign team said it raised $26 million online on the 22nd, refreshing the maximum amount of online fund-raising for the trump campaign team in a single day. Overall, though, Biden's campaign has a clear financial advantage.