Drive-in rallies and scrapping platform announcements? What Canadian campaigns can learn from the U.S. election

'I can’t think of an election where your advanced polls [are] going to be so integral to your ultimate result as the next one,' said John Delacourt.

Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump, left, was defeated by Democratic challenger Joe Biden on Nov. 7, 2020, in this month's U.S. election, after the two ran campaigns with very different messages about the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic.Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

November 16, 2020

Hosting drive-in rallies, getting out the vote early, and downplaying policy platforms are some of the lessons Canada’s federal parties can learn from this month’s U.S. election, say Canadian political strategists who have helped to lead federal campaigns. ...

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