Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden demanded that the second debate with President Donald Trump not take place if he did not fully recover from the Corona virus, while Trump said that he is looking forward to the debate, at a time when early voting numbers indicate an unprecedented turnout.

Biden told reporters, yesterday, Tuesday, "If (Trump) continues to be infected with the Corona virus, we should not have to debate."

"I look forward to his debate, but I just hope that all the protocols will be followed," he said.

Biden (77 years), a former vice president who is currently ahead of Trump in nationwide voting intentions, added, "This is a very serious problem, so I will be guided by what the doctors say, this is the right thing to do."

In a speech from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Biden said that using the muzzle and observing social distancing guidelines are scientific recommendations, not a political position.

After a chaotic first debate on September 29, Trump and Biden are slated to meet in a second debate on October 15 in Miami.

For many months, Trump and his electoral team ridiculed the precautions taken by the Democratic candidate, accusing him of avoiding voters and hiding.

This is due to his strict adherence to the precautionary measures and quarantine measures imposed in his state of Delaware.

Yesterday, Trump said in a tweet on Twitter that he is looking forward to participating in the second debate with Biden, and in another tweet, the US President confirmed that he feels much better, referring to his infection with the Corona virus days ago, after which he left Walter Reed Military Hospital, where he received treatment.

Record numbers

Meanwhile, early voting data shows that Americans are turning out to vote in the presidential elections scheduled for November 3, at an unprecedented pace.

Four weeks before the election, more than 4 million Americans have already cast their ballots, far exceeding the number of participants at this time before the 2016 election, which reached 75,000, according to the US Election Project, which collects early voting data.

Project Director Michael MacDonald, a professor of political science at the University of Florida, said that what contributed to this increase was the expansion of voting by mail, which is considered a safe way to cast votes in light of the Corona pandemic, and added that the matter indicates voters ’keenness to participate in determining Trump's political fate. .

"We have never seen this number cast their vote before the elections," he said, adding, "People vote when they decide, and we know that many decided their matter long ago, and they already have a vision related to Trump."

This significant increase in early voting prompted McDonald to expect a record turnout in the overall elections of about 150 million people.

That is 65% of those eligible to vote, the highest percentage since 1908.

While Biden is ahead of Trump in nationwide opinion polls, polls in hotly contested states indicate a greater convergence between their results.

The New York Times endorses Biden

On the other hand, the New York Times editorial board announced its support for Biden in the election.

The declaration stated that Biden, if he wins, "will embrace the rule of law, restore confidence in democratic institutions and science ... and will stand with America's allies, and against opponents who seek to undermine its democracy, and will work to address systemic grievances."

The newspaper’s editorial board believed that Biden "will not flirt with foreign autocrats, or comfort the fanatics calling for white supremacy."

He indicated that the democratic candidate was against intervention in Libya in 2011, and was skeptical about sending American forces to Syria, and he also opposed the renewal of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in 2007 and 2008.

Because it gave the government a lot of power to spy on Americans.

The announcement added that Biden has the support of the foreign policy community and national security officials from both parties.