A daily snapshot

Three days until Election Day

On the trail

Joe Biden was in Michigan for two stops; President Donald Trump was in Pennsylvania for four events.

Road to 270

Trump and Biden each has a path to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the 2020 election. Biden’s is appreciably wider. The former vice president is competitive in all the battleground states Trump carried in 2016 and has put a handful of traditional Republican states, including Georgia and Arizona, in play. That has Trump scrambling to defend a wide swath of territory and putting his hopes for reelection on two of the most populous swing states, Florida and Pennsylvania. Election Day is Tuesday.

Biden on the issues

Biden is promising to take the country on a very different path from what it has seen over the past four years under Trump, on issues ranging from the coronavirus and health care to the environment, education and more. The Democratic presidential nominee is promising to reverse Trump policy moves on things such as withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement and weakening protections against environmental pollution.

Trump on the issues

Expect to see a lot more of the same if there’s a second Trump administration. Trump consistently has pointed to tax cuts and regulatory relief as key successes of his first four years in office. He has repeatedly pushed for the end of the Barack Obama-era health law, but hasn’t yet delivered a plan to replace it. There’s no indication of any big policy switch if he gets another four years in office.