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With one week until the voting deadline, things are moving fast in the US. Biden and Trump met each other for a final debate, Amy Coney Barret has been confirmed as the new Supreme Court Justice, the coronavirus epidemic is worse than it has ever been with spikes in key states and nationwide, and more than 65 million Americans have already voted. Compared to the national voter turnout in 2016, 47% of voters has already cast their ballots. In Texas, over 80% of the 2016 vote total, has already been achieved. But are these primarily Democratic votes? Traditionally, Republicans have run strong absentee ballot programs – but has that changed with Trump’s campaign against mail-in ballots? And if the early votes are mostly Democratic, will there be a significant red shift in the coming days and on November 3rd? How does the polls right now compare to the same point in the 2016 campaign? And what can we really tell from that? How will this election affect the state of the Republican Party? If Trump loses the electio