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After much ado about mutable microphones and plexiglass shields, President Donald Trump will face opponent Joe Biden on Thursday. CNN reports Trump needs to not just perform well at the presidential debate, he'll need to pull a rabbit out of the hat to swing the race his way. The president trails Biden in both national polls and key swing states that will determine whether he has a path to victory in the Electoral College. Both candidates need to improve their standing with certain groups, though. Biden needs more Hispanic voters, and Trump is struggling to get White suburban women. Biden has been laying low recently, preparing for the event. Trump, meanwhile has been barnstorming across the country in full gripe-and-moan mode. The president spends his rallies insulting scientists and refusing any responsibility for the pandemic, which has created a huge drag on his poll numbers.
Almost all opposition candidates in Madagascar have called on voters to shun a presidential election scheduled for November 16, raising concerns about the vote. "We reject this Thursday's election and ask the Malagasy people to pretend it doesn't exist," Hajo Andrianainarivelo, 56, tells a press conference in Antananarivo, speaking on behalf of a group bringing together almost all of the 12 opposition candidates in the running. SOUNDBITE
Supporters of far-right president Jair Bolsonaro cry and pray as Brazil's veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was elected president by a hair's breadth, beating the incumbent in a down-to-the-wire poll that split the country in two. IMAGES
Voters cast their ballots in the first round of the presidential election in the polling station set up in Lille City Hall in the middle of the afternoon. IMAGES
Voters crowd into a polling station in Lyon's 2nd arrondissement at midday during the first round of the French presidential election. IMAGES
Manila, Oct 1 (EFE/EPA).- The Philippines entered Friday a long electoral season beginning the candidate registration for the May 2022 elections, in which the successor to controversially popular President Rodrigo Duterte will be elected. (Camera: MARK CRISTINO/ FRANCIS MALASIG). SHOT LIST: SUPPORTERS OF PHILIPPINE SENATOR AND BOXING ICON MANNY PACQUIAO AWAIT HIS ARRIVAL AS HE RUNS FOR PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES.
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