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Reactions to the Trumpdom
Biden's balancing act: Go hard on Trump – and hold back

Joe Biden is happy to point out that his opponent Donald Trump is a convicted felon, but he does not want to make it so clear that he is playing into Trump's hands, and the ex-president's claim that the prosecution was orchestrated by the White House.

This is what the New York Times writes based on the president's statements after this week's conviction. While Biden's strategy is described as "bipartisan", other top Democrats see a golden opportunity to win votes in Trump's conviction on 34 counts of accounting violations.

- I think it is the duty of every Democrat to remind the voters that Donald Trump is a convicted criminal, and that this is unprecedented, says congressional politician Beto O'Rourke, who before the 2020 election tried to become the party's presidential candidate.

Trump was convicted of trying to hide payments in the so-called Stormy Daniels case. The penalty has not been announced. 

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Political situation in Mexico
Mexico closes polling stations after new wave of violence

Voting in Mexico's presidential election has been halted in two municipalities after a new wave of violence, AFP reports.

At least 25 political candidates have been murdered during the election campaign in the country, and the incumbent President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has previously promised that voters will be able to vote "calmly, safely and without fear".

Almost 100 million people have registered to vote. Opinion polls give a strong advantage to the ruling party's candidate Claudia Sheinbaum.

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The political situation in Iceland
The former prime minister has a big lead in the Icelandic election

Katrín Jakobsdóttir has a comfortable lead in the opinion polls ahead of Iceland going to the polls to choose its next president today. This is reported by Ruv.

Jakobsdóttir, who was Iceland's prime minister until April this year, gets just over 26 percent of the vote, while runner-up Halla Tómasdóttir gets 18.5 percent.

Iceland's president has a primarily ceremonial role, but also has the right to veto proposed legislation. Departing Gundi Johannesson has been immensely popular and won the last presidential election with 92 percent of the vote - however, he is not running for re-election.