Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Biden looks to the '18 midterms as a guide
Ryan Liza: “The Biden campaign has been studying the ’18 midterms. No, not the ones two years ago when Democrats took over the House by aggressively recruiting moderates and sweeping swing districts across the country, a precursor to Biden’s own centrist strategy in the Democratic presidential primaries this year.”
“They’ve been studying the midterms of 1918, the year of the Spanish flu pandemic when large gatherings were banned in many places and candidates were forced to invent new ways to communicate with voters and run their campaigns. Turnout plummeted that year to 40%, from 50% in the 1914 midterms.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/27/joe-biden-coronavirus-bunker-151302
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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look back and learn from history.
My grandfather perished from the pandemic virus in 1919 so I've been researching it lately and found this interesting history on it.. Turns out the name of it.. "Spanish" flu is a misnomer. Like so many things are.
If anyone is interested as I am..
Why the Second Wave of the 1918 Spanish Flu Was So Deadly
https://www.history.com/news/spanish-flu-second-wave-resurgence
Thank you, wyldwolf.. of course it's a bizarre situation and we're all in it rising to the challenge.
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden