The COVID-19 virus helped sweep President Joe Biden into office and the COVID-19 virus helped sweep him out.
In the 2020 race, then-president Donald Trump flagrantly mishandled the pandemic which resulted in the deaths of more than a million Americans. Trump’s incompetence combined with a slimmed-down campaign schedule boosted Biden’s chances in their first matchup. The race was close, and a Pew poll that showed Americans overwhelmingly trusted Biden more than Trump to handle the pandemic may have swung the swing states.