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Why US presidential election is not exciting this time around

A Biden win would mean an extended period of US domination of collective institutional and governmental decision-making. [iStockphoto]

It's almost inevitable, and certain, that this year's US presidential election will be a rematch between incumbent President Joe Biden of the Democratic Party and his predecessor, Republican Donald Trump. It's a repeat of their 2020 clash, only with the positional nuance of Biden being the president and Trump the opposition candidate this time around.

It's not that hard, however, to have an accurate synoptic look-ahead to the likely policy positions of either candidate were they to win.

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