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Harris v Trump: America’s sudden gender election

The second female Democrat to take on Trump has advantages that Hillary Clinton lacked.

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The US presidential election is now a battle between a man and a woman.

The US presidential election is now a battle between a man and a woman.

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Edward Luce

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Are we not entertained? No polls could capture the weirdness of the past seven days in American politics.

It began in Milwaukee amid Republican euphoria that history was finally on Donald Trump’s side. It ended with

a surge in Democratic enthusiasm for Vice-President Kamala Harris

as their overnight champion.

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