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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGuardian: US poll chaos boon to enemies of democracy all over the world.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/15/us-poll-chaos-is-a-boon-for-the-enemies-of-democracy-the-whole-world-over"But the longer the wrangling in Washington continues, the greater the collateral damage to Americas global reputation and to less fortunate states and peoples who rely on the US and the western allies to fly the flag for democracy and freedom."
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"This is the worst of it. By casting doubt on the elections legitimacy, Trump nurtures and instructs anti-democratic rogues the world over. The Belarus-style myth he peddles, and will perpetuate, of a strong man of the people resisting a conspiracy plotted by corrupt liberal elites, is the final, toxic element of his profoundly poisonous legacy."
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Guardian: US poll chaos boon to enemies of democracy all over the world. (Original Post)
triron
Nov 2020
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Laelth
(32,017 posts)1. Just so, and Trump doesn't care. n/t
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Thrill
(19,342 posts)3. Polls wrong or machines being hacked?
I still dont buy Trump out performing his polls by that much