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In America’s elections this year the stakes are unusually high: the outcome could shape national and world affairs like no other in 2024. The presidential race is all but certain to be a rematch between two men whom polls suggest most Americans dislike. Joe Biden is seen as too frail and too old to run again; the very fact that Donald Trump is running, with all his legal baggage, compromises American democracy.

The US in brief provides a run-down of the political news that matters, so you can stay informed about the events and people shaping electoral affairs. Delivered to subscribers’ inboxes daily, it tracks developments in the presidential race and in contests for the Senate, the House of Representatives and state bodies, with fresh data insights from The Economist’s poll tracker and election-forecast model.

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