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Dithering Democrats

The November forecast looks gloomy.

By Doug Ireland

Gore Vidal’s dictum—“America has elections instead of politics”—has never been more true. As the bipartisan duopoly slouches toward November, the electorate appears by every measure to be deeply uninterested in the choices before it. Just look at the record low participation in the 16 states that held primaries this spring. On average, only 16.2 percent of eligible voters bothered to go… return to article

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