Broadband Funding Unlikely to Factor Into Presidential Campaign, Cook Says
Debate about infrastructure legislation and including broadband funding in the next compromise COVID-19 aid bill is unlikely to factor into the election campaign, despite hopes to the contrary (see 2008210001), said political analyst Charlie Cook during a Media Institute event…
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Monday. “I don’t think many people vote on issues,” though an individual voter’s view on them are “baked into” their partisan leanings. The tenor of U.S. politics has “revolved around” voters’ views of President Donald Trump since he took office, and “nothing has diminished” that: “Do I think infrastructure is going to be a big, big deal next year? Hell, yes,” Cook said. “To the extent that people didn’t get the importance of building broadband” networks pre-pandemic, “they get it now.” Cook believes Trump’s chances aren’t zero, but he likely has only a 20% chance of getting enough electoral votes. Cook said Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden stands a 40% chance of winning a narrow victory over Trump and an equal chance of scoring a landslide. He said Democrats have more than a 50% chance of gaining a majority in the Senate and are very likely to retain House control.