A U.S. flag waves in the wind outside a home in Cortland, Ohio, U.S., September 30, 2020.
Halloween decorations and campaign signs for Democratic U.S. presidential nominee and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden hang on a front porch as a man wearing a face mask waits for a ride share in the Northampton County city of Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 1, 2020. Northampton County, a longtime bellwether district that voted for Barack Obama in 2012 before swinging to Donald Trump in 2016, has been hit hard by COVID-19, with a death rate well above the U.S. average, and an unemployment rate that's more than doubled in the last year.
Darlene Stolz stands outside the Trump Store, where she works, in the Northampton County borough of Bangor, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 2, 2020. Stolz, an avid Trump supporter, will be voting for the President in 2020 despite economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. "He tells it like it is," she said.
Daniel andA Judy Mowrey, owners of MMG Concessions and Catering, talk to Reuters about the effects ofA the COVID-19 pandemic and Daniel’s recent health problems, at their home in the Northampton County city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 1, 2020. MMG lost $700,000 to $800,000 in sales during the shutdown, as the Mowreys struggled to afford Daniel's cancer care. With health and the economy as her two biggest voting issues, "Anyone is better than Trump," Judy said.
Halloween decorations and a campaign sign for Democratic U.S. presidential nominee and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden hang on a front porch as a man wearing a face mask waits for a ride share in the Northampton County city of Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 1, 2020. Northampton County, a longtime bellwether district that voted for Barack Obama in 2012 before swinging to Donald Trump in 2016, has been hit hard by COVID-19, with a death rate well above the U.S. average, and an unemployment rate that's more than doubled in the last year.
Tanya Wojciak, 39, poses with her hand-painted campaign sign supporting Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden as she stands in the street outside her neighbour's home in Cortland, Ohio, U.S., September 30, 2020. Picture taken September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
A pedestrian is framed in an cut-out advertisement for a shop on Main Street in the Northampton County city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 1, 2020. Northampton County, a longtime bellwether district that voted for Barack Obama in 2012 before swinging to Donald Trump in 2016, has been hit hard by COVID-19, with a death rate well above the U.S. average, and an unemployment rate that's more than doubled in the last year.
Katie Tingler, 74, Speaks on the phone at the Trumbull County Republican Party headquarters in Warren, Ohio, U.S., October 1, 2020.
A cutout of U.S. President Donald Trump hangs in a window in the Northampton County city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 1, 2020. Northampton County, a longtime bellwether district that voted for Barack Obama in 2012 before swinging to Donald Trump in 2016, has been hit hard by COVID-19, with a death rate well above the U.S. average, and an unemployment rate that's more than doubled in the last year.
U.S. flags stand in a cemetery in front of row houses and the blast furnaces of the now-closed Bethlehem Steel mill in the Northampton County city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 1, 2020. Northampton County, a longtime bellwether district that voted for Barack Obama in 2012 before swinging to Donald Trump in 2016, has been hit hard by COVID-19, with a death rate well above the U.S. average, and an unemployment rate that's more than doubled in the last year.
An inflatable figure of U.S. President Donald Trump stands on porch in the Northampton County borough of Stockertown, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 2, 2020. Photo taken October 2, 2020. Northampton County, a longtime bellwether district that voted for Barack Obama in 2012 before swinging to Donald Trump in 2016, has been hit hard by COVID-19, with a death rate well above the U.S. average, and an unemployment rate that's more than doubled in the last year.
Bob Brindisi shows a sewing machine he is repairing at his White / Singer Sew-N-Vac shop in the Northampton County city of Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 1, 2020. "Business went north after the pandemic," said Brindisi, a Biden supporter. "People wanted to sew homemade masks."
Tanya Wojciak, 39, and her son Max Mattlack, 18, pose by a campaign sign supporting Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden in their front yard in Cortland, Ohio, U.S., September 30, 2020.
A volunteer wipes his head inside the Trumbull County Republican Party headquarters in Warren, Ohio, U.S., October 1, 2020.
A sign for U.S. President Donald Trump hangs on a garage in the Northampton city of Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 1, 2020. Northampton County, a longtime bellwether district that voted for Barack Obama in 2012 before swinging to Donald Trump in 2016, has been hit hard by COVID-19, with a death rate well above the U.S. average, and an unemployment rate that's more than doubled in the last year.
Max Mattlack, 18, poses on the deck in his backyard in Cortland, Ohio, U.S., September 30, 2020.
Bob Brindisi talks to Reuters in his White / Singer Sew-N-Vac shop in the Northampton County city of Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 1, 2020. "Business went north after the pandemic," said Brindisi, a Biden supporter. "People wanted to sew homemade masks."
A cutout of U.S. President Donald Trump stands on a balcony in the Northampton County borough of Nazareth, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 2, 2020. Northampton County, a longtime bellwether district that voted for Barack Obama in 2012 before swinging to Donald Trump in 2016, has been hit hard by COVID-19, with a death rate well above the U.S. average, and an unemployment rate that's more than doubled in the last year.
Daniel andA Judy Mowrey, owners of MMG Concessions and Catering, talk to Reuters about the effects ofA the COVID-19 pandemic and Daniel’s recent health problems, at their home in the Northampton County city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 1, 2020. MMG lost $700,000 to $800,000 in sales during the shutdown, as the Mowreys struggled to afford Daniel's cancer care. With health and the economy as her two biggest voting issues, "Anyone is better than Trump," Judy said. Photo taken October 1, 2020.
A pedestrian crosses a street in the Northampton County city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 1, 2020. Northampton County, a longtime bellwether district that voted for Barack Obama in 2012 before swinging to Donald Trump in 2016, has been hit hard by COVID-19, with a death rate well above the U.S. average, and an unemployment rate that's more than doubled in the last year.
A sign reads "Buy American" in shop window in the Northampton County city of Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 1, 2020. Northampton County, a longtime bellwether district that voted for Barack Obama in 2012 before swinging to Donald Trump in 2016, has been hit hard by COVID-19, with a death rate well above the U.S. average, and an unemployment rate that's more than doubled in the last year.
A pedestrian wearing a cap reading "Low Card" crosses a street in the Northampton County city of Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 1, 2020. Northampton County, a longtime bellwether district that voted for Barack Obama in 2012 before swinging to Donald Trump in 2016, has been hit hard by COVID-19, with a death rate well above the U.S. average, and an unemployment rate that's more than doubled in the last year.
Resident Clifford Gibbs talks to Reuters in the Northampton County city of Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 1, 2020. Gibbs voiced distrust in the electoral process, and while he’s voting for Biden, “it doesn’t matter,” he said. “Trump’s gonna win. It’s written in the stars." Photo taken October 1, 2020.
Jennifer Murray, who plans to vote for Democratic presidential nominee and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden but says that as a progressive she'd prefer someone else, talks to Reuters in front of her tea shop Nest in the Easton Public Market in the Northampton County city of Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 1, 2020. "My whole social circle is filled with people who should be democratic voters but are disgusted with the party," she said.
Max Mattlack, 18, poses with his neighbors backyard in the distance at his home in Cortland, Ohio, U.S., September 30, 2020.
People shop for political souvenirs at the Trumbull County Republican Party headquarters in Warren, Ohio, U.S., October 1, 2020.
Political souvenirs are seen inside the Trumbull County Republican Party headquarters in Warren, Ohio, U.S., October 1, 2020.
Magazines stand on the shelves Bray’s News Stand in the Northampton County borough of Bangor, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 2, 2020. Northampton County, a longtime bellwether district that voted for Barack Obama in 2012 before swinging to Donald Trump in 2016, has been hit hard by COVID-19, with a death rate well above the U.S. average, and an unemployment rate that's more than doubled in the last year.
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