The presidential race is onward. It will be incumbent Republican Donald Trump vs. former vice president and 36-year veteran Democrat Delaware U.S. Sen. Joe Biden in the Nov. 3 General Election.
Both men have clinched their parties’ nomination. Therefore, the Democratic convention set for July 31 to Aug. 2 and the Republican convention set for Aug. 25 to 28 will be anticlimactic. It is doubtful that either convention will break any television rating records.
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