As the incumbent, President Donald Trump has to convince voters that his administration has robustly contained COVID-19, while also persuading Americans that he will bring about a vaccine and repair the economy more effectively than his challenger. By contrast, Joe Biden’s main pitch is that the disease has been deadlier and more economically damaging in the United States than in almost all other industrialized nations, due to the lack of strong federal leadership and the elevation of politics over science.

Listen as health and government reporter Fred Mogul explores the policy differences between the two.