6. The end of rallies

Remember when people campaigned for elections?

It started when the Sanders and Biden campaigns canceled their events in Ohio earlier this week. Then Trump canceled his scheduled rallies. Now it's a complete mystery when we'll see another campaign rally during this, the Most Important Election of Our Lifetimes, with state after state banning-or strongly urging against-public get-togethers. In the immediate term, this is yet another problem for Bernie Sanders, who risks disappearing from the news if he can't hold mass rallies that garner local television coverage in the states where he needs to motivate voters. In the general election, we're potentially looking at a situation in which the campaign is waged almost entirely over the airwaves and through "virtual rallies." Another interesting hypothetical for the general election: All the voters will have the coronavirus?

tag