They CAN read the polls….
And are hoping for another miracle for their guy to pull off and keep his job…
It has come down to this for them….
A senior Trump campaign adviser said Sunday he believes it’s likely the president will trail in the polls and mail-in voting requests going into Election Day but come from behind to win, similar to his victory in 2016.
“I would concede that it’s probably going to be a similar scenario where, when we look back retrospectively we will probably see that the president was down into Election Day, and then won Election Day itself by an incredibly wide margin,” senior Trump campaign adviser Steve Cortes said on “Fox News Sunday.”
Cortes’ remarks come as Democrats outpace Republicans in mail-in ballot requests, especially in key battleground states. A new Fox News national pollshows Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden winning 71 percent of likely voters who said they planned to vote by mail.
Cortes suggested more Democrats requesting ballots didn’t necessarily indicate they would vote for Biden, but said regardless Donald Trump would likely close the gap on Nov. 3.
The president has repeatedly attacked mail-in voting, claiming without evidence that it could lead to more instances of ballot fraud.
Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel also predicted Trump would prevail, despite Democrats’ lead in fundraising…