An article comparing Trump's current campaign to McCain's.A lot of this is about polls, which I don't trust for reasons I've discussed probably way too much, but this bit of historical perspective is interesting:
While every campaign is different, it’s important to note the structural similarities between 2008 and 2020.
It was during this same week in 2008 that the once-vaunted Lehman Brothers collapsed. The pain of the Great Recession followed. Republicans were in power and got blamed, and McCain was criticized for how he didn’t project leadership and have a plan.
The economic collapse was very real in 2008 and not something McCain, then a senator, had much control over.