Candidates are starting to do fewer handshakes, more tele-town halls.
Sanders went back to Vermont and made no public remarks during a disappointing primary election night where nearly every state went for Biden.Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Campaigns at all levels are just starting to adjust to the reality that shaking people’s hands, squeezing babies and going door-to-door may not be the best idea during aAnn Ashford, a Democratic congressional candidate in Nebraska, said she is suspending knocking on doors for the foreseeable future. Mermell acknowledged that her campaign was fortunate it was able to make these decisions, noting that many American workers don’t have paid leave policies or access to affordable health care.
State Assemblyman Richard Gottfried told The New York Post that his campaign workers “reported quite a few people refusing to sign petitions, saying things like they.” Other lawmakers said that campaign volunteers don’t want to go out and collect signatures because of the risk of contracting COVID-19.
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