The 2020 American presidential election is going to take place on November 3. Now the question is whether the coronavirus pandemic will completely change the ballgame of rallying.

Coronavirus is modifying the rules

 The federal law, Congress, and the US Constitution set the rules governing US presidential elections. They were held even during the American Civil War, the 2 world wars, and the Great Depression.

Yet the coronavirus crisis outbreak has forced the presidential campaign to change in an unprecedented way.

Many primary elections have already been postponed, mass political rallies have been canceled. Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders’ debate was devoid of an audience, and there has been an immediate shift to online campaigning.

Trump, Sanders, and Biden have been forced to reinvent their campaign strategies, messages, and tone. There is an absolute mess of campaigns in a time of social distancing.

Will Trump win without his rallies?

A mainstay of Trump’s campaign (and presidency) has been conducting rallies for his supporters. Political experts think that Trump understands entertainment politics much better than other political figures in America and gets the wins of his free-wheeling rallies.

During the last presidential campaign in 2016, he held over 300 rallies and nearly 100 since his election. These rallies had brought thousands of supporters together in arenas all over the country.

Throughout his term in office, whenever political troubles have surfaced, his staff has been quick to arrange a rally to give Trump a venue to tout accomplishments, stoke grievances, and keep the spotlight on himself.

But with the entire country under stay-at-home directives, there is no possibility of a rally for at least a few months.

President Trump is preparing a new message

Trump has stated that his stewardship led to rapid economic growth and a very low unemployment rate. That message is now obsolete as nearly 10 million Americans lost their jobs in just two weeks.

The president seems to be portraying himself now as a wartime president, with an implicit argument that it’s unwise to change horses midstream.