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Safir Ahmed's avatar

As a lifelong Democrat, last November was the first time I sat the presidential election out -- primarily because my party financed the murderous ethnic cleansing war in Gaza.

But truth be told, Kamala Harris was a terrible candidate, and even if she said she would cut off U.S. funding of the war, I likely would have abstained from voting. She seemed vacuous and expressed no vision for the country, except to say she wasn't Trump. I couldn't vote for Trump either because he's an odious man in a million ways.

The Democrats ought to have a soul-searching, stop funding wars, support free speech, stop demonizing people who disagree, and find a younger, more visionary candidate for our time -- a candidate who is not ideological, but simply driven by what's good for the nation.

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Clif Brown's avatar

The proof that Trump has no mandate is that he was elected by only 27% of the electorate. Only about half of the electorate voted at all whereas in a typical presidential election year the percentage of the electorate that votes is 60%

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