Biden addressing campus protests over Israel at the White House on Thursday.
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- Joe Biden has tried to stake out a middle ground as protests spread across college campuses.
- Polling shows that the protests are unpopular.
- At the same time, Biden needs to keep his coalition of voters intact to win reelection.
As protests against Israel's war in Gaza have popped up on college campuses nationwide — at times devolving into chaos and violence ...