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Of landslides and cliffhangers: America’s 2020 trauma

Deprived of a decisive blowout like Nixon’s in 1972 or even a clear-cut verdict like Clinton’s in 1992, Americans remain in doubt whether the 2020 presidential race between Biden and Trump will eventuate in an incumbent’s shocker like Truman in 1948 or a challenger’s win like Bush in 2000, muses columnist Bill Moloney.