Letters

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Kamala Harris, you claim, "comes from the Democratic Party's centre", is "not particularly ideological", and never strays "too far from where a majority of voters are" ("What Kamala says about Joe", August 15th). Her voting record in the Senate indicates otherwise. According to ucla's VoteView website, Ms Harris's votes are more left-leaning than that of any other senator, except Elizabeth Warren. Her voting record is further to the left than even Bemie Sanders, the only avowed socialist in the Senate.ROBERT HELBING Monrovia, California Your otherwise excellent leader repeated a general misunderstanding about life expectancy. For an American male at birth, life expectancy is 76 years. But at Joe Biden's age, 77, a male can expect to live an extra ten years. So Mr Biden is statistically very likely to live out a four-year term, at least.DR DEBORAH HAMMOND Tacoma, Washington