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Covid-19 raises risk of US presidential election outcome being viewed as illegitimate
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To help keep restaurants open, dining space has been made available along Highway 101 in Encinitas, California. Polls consistently show that the federal government's handling of Covid-19 has significantly hurt President Donald Trump's re-election chances.
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Charissa Yong US Correspondent In Washington, Charissa Yong
Sixteen minutes after news broke that the coronavirus pandemic had led to America's sharpest economic contraction in modern history, President Donald Trump made an extraordinary suggestion to delay the Nov 3 presidential election.
The idea was swiftly shot down by allies of Mr Trump, who had played up - without any evidence - the spectre of voting-by-mail fraud.
