Here’s one all-too-plausible way that Election Night 2020 might play out. It’s just after 11 p.m., when Fox News cuts live to President Trump’s reelection party. Millions of mail-in ballots remain to

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Joe Biden at a drive-in rally in Coconut Creek, Florida. Jim Watson / AFP / Getty Joe Biden often describes himself as a bridge between the Democratic Party’s past and future generation of leaders. Bu

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Jim Watson / AFP / Getty In 2016, Donald Trump’s campaign ran on a shoestring, and won. He planned a different 2020: It would be the biggest, richest, most expensive presidential campaign ever. But wi

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