Poll finds most J'cans want a Biden win

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Poll finds most J'cans want a Biden win

Just under 60 per cent of Jamaicans polled want Democratic party candidate Joe Biden to win tomorrow's presidential election in the United States.The finding is from a survey of Jamaicans' attitudes toward a variety of issues conducted for the Jamaica National Group by Johnson Survey Research, the company founded by veteran pollster Bill Johnson.

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