Mark Gongloff, Columnist

The Election Outlook Is (Mostly) Clear

The outcome keeps getting less unpredictable, with one huge exception.

September 15, 2020 at 8:45 PM UTC

Mark Gongloff is a Bloomberg Opinion editor and columnist covering climate change. He previously worked for Fortune.com, the Huffington Post and the Wall Street Journal.

The presumptive favorite.
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Democrats have spent this election season suffering PTSD from 2016, endlessly reliving the horror of polls leading them to slaughter on Election Day. But what if the polls are right this time? What if Joe Biden really does have a large and persistent lead over President Donald Trump nationally and in the swing states that undid Hillary Clinton?