距离选举日还有11天，唐纳德·特朗普总统和前副总统乔·拜登将于11月3日竞选，选民提前投票的人数创下纪录。
5000多万美国人已经投票了在2020年的选举中，尽管面临着前所未有的障碍，但选民的参与程度和兴趣却非常高冠状病毒流行病。
候选人在决赛中对峙最后的总统辩论周四晚上，纳什维尔贝尔蒙特大学的2020年选举周期——他们在11月3日之前的黄金时间向数千万选民推销自己的最后一次机会。
在竞选活动的最后几周，总统仍然保持防御，因为民调显示他在全国和地区都落后几个战场州他连任希望的关键。他今天在佛罗里达有两次集会。
拜登在全国民调中保持领先，这是他在选举中的最大优势五点三十八分的平均值-留下来出轨辩论之前，前副总统的一个模式。周五，他计划在特拉华州威尔明顿发表关于新冠肺炎和经济的讲话。
民意调查显示拜登在选举日之前有优势，特朗普在计划于11月3日投票的人中有相当大的优势。几个月来，特朗普一直在邮寄投票过程中以及即将到来的选举结果中散布疑虑。
所有50个州加上华盛顿特区都在进行某种形式的提前投票。检验投票指南在新冠肺炎大流行期间。
特朗普在佛罗里达州的村庄集会，老年人的支持率不断下滑
坦白地说担忧的迹象在特朗普对老年人支持率下滑的担忧中，特朗普今天下午在村庄举行了一次集会，这是佛罗里达州中部一个保守地区退休人员的聚集地，他在2016年以微弱优势赢得了这个州，但这是2020年胜利的关键。
“11天后，我们将赢得佛罗里达州。我们将在白宫再赢得四年。特朗普说:“我认为乔·拜登昨晚证明了他没有能力成为美国总统。”他抨击拜登在最后的辩论中描绘了这场流行病的惨淡景象。
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唐纳德·特朗普总统2020年10月23日在佛罗里达州村庄马球俱乐部的竞选活动中发表讲话。
“昨晚他说美国正在进入一个黑暗的冬天。那不是真的励志吗?”特朗普继续说道。“他基本上是想吓唬人。...但是我们没有进入黑暗的冬天。我们正进入最后一个转弯，接近隧道尽头的灯光。”
特朗普声称，病毒正在“美丽地绕过拐角”——就在美国设定一个单日记录新的冠状病毒病例。
总统还开玩笑说，他将于周六在西棕榈滩亲自投票。虽然总统过去通过缺席投票进行投票，但他告诉支持者他更喜欢亲自投票。
“我想，我是老古董了。我喜欢排队。特朗普说:“如果我不得不在那里站两个小时——也许他们会让你提升一点——但我喜欢投票。“滚出去投票。
哈里斯在亚特兰大背靠背的活动中吸引哈佛商学院的毕业生和黑人
加利福尼亚州参议员卡马拉·哈里斯(Kamala Harris)会见了历史上的黑人学院和大学(HBCUs)的学生，并参加了今天下午在亚特兰大的“聚会点”(The Gregation Spot)举行的以黑人为重点的小组讨论。聚会点是一个黑人拥有的社交俱乐部和合作空间，为年轻的黑人专业人士提供服务。
哈里斯第一次见到哈佛商学院的学生，包括许多来自亚特兰大大学中心的学生，这是该市一个由黑人学院组成的联盟。哈里斯，她自己是毕业生哈佛大学-霍华德大学-对哈佛大学教育的价值做了简短的评论。
“它是关于处在一个环境中，在这个环境中，你收到的每一条信息都挑战你成为伟大的人，因为它知道你的伟大。这不是你必须证明的，”哈里斯说。
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2020年10月23日，亚特兰大，民主党副总统候选人卡玛拉·哈里斯(Kamala Harris)挥手向一群来自哈佛商学院(HBCUs)的学生发表演讲。
哈里斯呼吁学生投票支持拜登-哈里斯竞选，承诺在哈佛商学院投资数百万美元，并谈论压制黑人投票的历史。
“我们需要投票来纪念祖先，像已故的伟大的约翰·刘易斯这样的人，对吗?”她说。“投票是有原因的，因为这次选举的结果事关重大。”
哈里斯随后来到大楼的另一个地方，参加一个以黑人男性为焦点的小组讨论，她在讨论中宣传了拜登的“重建更美好家园”计划的一些方面，该计划旨在支持黑人社区，包括提高少数民族拥有的小企业的最低工资和低息贷款。
拜登抨击了特朗普对新冠肺炎的处理方式，概述了他自己的计划
在下午关于新冠肺炎和经济的讲话中，拜登抨击了特朗普对冠状病毒大流行的不当处理，并预测特朗普将面临“黑暗的冬天”在该国的部分地区死灰复燃。
“我的美国同胞们，昨晚，我们看到美国总统对美国人民撒谎，并一再撒谎，关于这场流行病的状况，”拜登在演讲的提词器中开始说道。“正如我昨晚告诉他的那样，我们不是在学习与它共存，而是在学习与它同归于尽。”
拜登随后阐述了他击败新冠肺炎的计划，他说，该计划包括制定一项国家测试战略，要求国会在1月底前签署另一项救援法案，建立一个接触示踪剂的国家核心，并任命一名供应指挥官，以确保美国能够在国内制造关键供应品。
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2020年10月23日，德尔威尔明顿，民主党总统候选人、前副总统乔·拜登在女王剧院谈论冠状病毒。
他还强调通用屏蔽他说，他将要求每个州长在他们的州强制要求佩戴口罩，如果他们拒绝，他将求助于当地官员，并要求在联邦大楼和州际交通中强制佩戴口罩。
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特朗普前往佛罗里达州，着眼于资深选民
总统今天下午离开白宫南草坪，前往他在2016年以微弱优势赢得的佛罗里达州的战场，首先在村庄举行集会，争取资深选民的投票。村庄是佛罗里达州中部保守地区退休人员的圣地。
亚历克斯·布兰登/美联社
2020年10月23日，华盛顿，唐纳德·特朗普总统在白宫南草坪走向海军一号时挥手致意。
根据全国出口民调数据，支撑特朗普2016年成功的部分原因是，一群老年人占了选民的很大一部分，支持他的人比希拉里·克林顿多7个百分点。老年选民是最有可能投票的人，自2004年以来，他们在每次总统选举中都支持共和党提名人，在四年前加强了特朗普，并帮助关键的战场州向他倾斜。
但在这个周期，拜登正在加入特朗普的联盟，在美国各地的老年选民中取得了显著进展，特别是在特朗普必赢的州。美国广播公司新闻/华盛顿邮报最近的一项民意调查发现，这两个人甚至在全国65岁及以上的可能选民中竞选。
根据最近的一项调查，特朗普在佛罗里达州65岁以上的可能选民中领先拜登8个百分点美国广播公司新闻/华盛顿邮报民意调查与2016年相比，他的支持率大幅下降了大约一半，当时他将该州的人口统计数据提高了17个百分点。
克里斯托瓦尔·埃雷拉-乌拉什克维奇/环保局
2020年10月23日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的支持者在佛罗里达州村庄的村庄马球俱乐部参加“让美国再次伟大”集会。
消息人士告诉美国广播公司新闻，特朗普的竞选助手对总统在美国老年人中的支持率下降感到厌倦，他们知道这个群体对他的连任机会至关重要。
Election 2020 updates: Biden outlines plan for tackling COVID-19
With 11 days to go until Election Day and President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden racing toward Nov. 3, voters have turned out in record numbers to cast their ballots early.
More than 50 million Americanshave already votedin the 2020 election, reflecting an extraordinary level of participation and interest despite unprecedented barriers brought on by thecoronaviruspandemic.
The candidates faced off in thefinal presidential debateof the 2020 election cycle from Belmont University in Nashville Thursday evening -- their last chance to pitch themselves to tens of millions of voters in primetime before Nov. 3.
In the final weeks of campaigning, the president has remained on defense as polls show him trailing nationally and inseveral battleground stateskey to his reelection hopes. He has two rallies in Florida today.
Biden, maintaining a lead in national polls -- his largest of the election, according toFiveThirtyEight's average-- stayedoff the trailahead of the debate, a pattern for the former vice president. On Friday, he's scheduled to deliver remarks in Wilmington, Delaware, on COVID-19 and the economy.
Polls indicate a hugepre-Election-Day edge for Biden and a sizable Trump advantage among those who plan to vote on Nov. 3. Trump has sowed doubt in the mail-in ballot process -- and imminent election results -- for months.
All 50 states plus Washington, D.C., have some form of early voting underway. Check outFiveThirtyEight’s guide to votingduring the COVID-19 pandemic here.
Trump rallies at The Villages in Florida amid slipping support among seniors
In a tellingsign of concernin Trump circles over slipping support among seniors, Trump held a rally this afternoon at The Villages, a sprawling mecca for retirees in a conservative pocket of central Florida -- a state he narrowly won in 2016 but is key to a 2020 victory.
"Eleven days from now, we're going to win the state of Florida.We're going to win four more years in the White House. I think Joe Biden proved last night that he's not capable of being president of the United States," Trump said, slamming Biden for painting a bleak picture of the pandemic at the final debate.
President Donald Trump speaks during his campaign event at The Villages Polo Club, Oct. 23, 2020, in The Villages, Fla.
"Last night he said America is entering a dark winter. Isn't that really inspirational?" Trump continued. "He's trying to scare people basically. ... But we're not entering a dark winter. We're entering the final turn and approaching the light at the end of the tunnel."
Trump claimed that the virus is "rounding the corner beautifully" -- just one day after the U.S. set asingle-day recordfor new coronavirus cases.
The president also teased that he'll be voting in person on Saturday in West Palm Beach. Though the president has voted via an absentee ballot in the past, he told the crowd of supporters he prefers to vote in person.
"I'm old fashioned, I guess. I like to get in line. And if I have to stand there for two hours -- maybe they'll move you up a little bit -- but I like to vote," Trump said. "Get out and vote."
Harris appeals to HBCU grads, Black men at back-to-back events in Atlanta
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., met with students of Historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, and participated in a panel discussion focused on Black men this afternoon in Atlanta atThe Gathering Spot, a black-owned social club and co-working space that caters to youngBlack professionals.
Harris first met with HBCU students, including many from the Atlanta University Center, a consortium of Black colleges in the city. Harris,herself a graduateof an HBCU -- Howard University -- gave brief remarks about the value of an HBCU education.
"It's about being in an environment where every message you receive challenges you to be great, because it knows your greatness. It's not something you have to prove," Harris said.
Kamala Harris, Democratic Vice Presidential nominee, waves as she arrives to speak to a group of students from HBCUs (Historically black colleges and universities), Oct. 23, 2020, in Atlanta.
Harris made an appeal to students to get out the vote for the Biden-Harris ticket, promising a multimillion-dollar investment in HBCUs and talking about the history of suppressing the Black vote.
"We need to vote to honor the ancestors, people like the late great John Lewis, right?" she said."There's a reason to vote, which is that there's so much at stake in the outcome of this election.”
Harris then moved to another part of the building for a panel discussion focused on Black men in which shetouted aspects of Biden’s Build Back Better plan intended tosupport Black communities, including increasing the minimum wage and low-interest loans for minority-owned small businesses.
Biden slams Trump's handling of COVID-19, outlines his own plan
In afternoon remarks on COVID-19 and the economy, Biden slammed Trump for what he called his mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic and predicted a “dark winter ahead” as the virusresurges in parts of the country.
“My fellow Americans, last night, we saw the president of the United States lie to the American people, and repeatedly lie, about the state of this pandemic,” Biden began, reading from a teleprompter for the speech. “As I told him last night, we're not learning to live with it, we're learning to die with it.”
Biden then laid out his plan to beat COVID-19 which includes, he said, enacting a national testing strategy, asking Congress for another relief bill to sign by the end of January, building a national core of contact tracers and appointing a supply commander to ensure the U.S. can manufacture critical supplies at home.
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about coronavirus at The Queen theater, Oct. 23, 2020, in Wilmington, Del.
He also emphasizeduniversal maskingsaying he would ask every governor to mandate mask wearing in their states and turn to local officials if they refused, along with making mask-wearing a mandatory practice in federal buildings and on interstate transportation.
Trump departs for Florida eyeing senior vote
The president departed the White House South Lawn this afternoon for the battleground of Florida, a state he narrowly won in 2016, to court the senior vote first with a rally in The Villages, a sprawling mecca for retirees in a conservative pocket of central Florida.
President Donald Trump waves as he walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Oct. 23, 2020, in Washington.
Underpinning Trump's success in 2016 was, in part, an army of seniors that made up a large slice of the electorate and backed him by 7 percentage points over Hillary Clinton, according to national exit poll data. Older voters are among the most likely to vote and have sided with Republican nominees in every presidential election since 2004, reinforcing Trump four years ago and helping tilt key battleground states in his favor.
But this cycle, Biden is cutting into Trump's coalition, making significant gains with older voters across the U.S., particularly in must-win states for Trump. A recent ABC News/Washington Post poll found the two men running even among likely voters 65 and older nationally.
Trump is leading Biden by 8 points among likely voters over 65 in Florida, according to a recentABC News/Washington Post poll-- a margin slashed by roughly half compared with 2016 when he carried this demographic by 17 points in the state.
President Donald Trump supporters attend the "Make America Great Again Rally" at the Villages Polo Club in the Villages, Fla., Oct. 23, 2020.
Sources told ABC News Trump campaign aides have grown weary of the president's declining support among older Americans, a group they know is critical to his reelection chances.
