As the campaigns wear on, such issues are likely to take on more political significance, Rozell said. How each candidate would handle the economy as the state emerges from the pandemic “is certainly a key to the election,” he said. “I don’t think, in the end, the race is going to come down to ‘critical race theory’ and other social issues that seem to be driving the conversation in the campaigns right now.”

Source: Washington Post July 13, 2021 14:18 UTC