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class="pw-post-body-paragraph lr ls lt lu b lv lw lx ly lz ma mb mc md me mf mg mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp lm bk">Scrutinising your main source (the research paper by Le Pennec &amp; Pons) further, one could even argue that their findings have little or no bearing on the current situation in the US. All the debates they researched happened less than 45 days to their respective elections, with the average being 24 days. Also, the incumbent this time didn&#x27;t just have a &quot;bad day&quot;, the whole world saw what it was (of course the partisans will always be in denial of this fact).</p><p id="b92d" class="pw-post-body-paragraph lr ls lt lu b lv lw lx ly lz ma mb mc md me mf mg mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp lm bk">Cheers!</p></div></div></div></div></section></div></div></article></div><div class="l"></div><footer class="mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my ab q mz na c"><div class="l ae"><div class="ab cb"><div class="ci bh fz ga gb gc"><div class="ab cp nb"><div class="ab q jj"><div class="nc l"><span class="l nd ne nf e d"><div class="ab q jj jk"><div class="pw-multi-vote-icon fj jl jm jn jo"><span><a class="af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at" data-testid="footerClapButton" rel="noopener follow" 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