The high-contact tradition of presidential campaign rallies, including rope-line handshakes, is being tested by fears of the coronavirus
The high-contact tradition of presidential campaigning, including crowded rallies and rope-line handshakes, is being tested as fears of the coronavirus have triggered event cancellations and the outbreak threatens to fundamentally alter the nature of this year’s race.
The search for a balance between campaigning and the protection of voters and candidates comes as the one Republican and two Democrats in contention for the job are all in their 70s, part of the demographic considered at greatest risk to suffer complications.
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