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US midterm surveys are historically unreliable – and today’s may prove to be no different.
ByJoseph Robinette Biden Jr is the forty-sixth president of the United States. Biden, born in 1942, was senator for Delaware for 36 years and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee before becoming Barack Obama’s vice-president. He assumed office as president on 20 January 2021, having beaten Donald Trump in the election the previous November. Find our latest news and comment here.
US midterm surveys are historically unreliable – and today’s may prove to be no different.
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