Three features make 2016 a year unlike any other. First and foremost, there is the prospect of a uniquely unqualified candidate ascending to the presidency — in Donald Trump, one of our two major political parties will have nominated a person whose repeated public pronouncements have exhibited a level of xenophobia, racism, and misogyny that poses a grave threat to America’s social fabric. Temperamentally unsuited to the nation’s highest office, Trump’s candidacy massively raises the stakes of the election. Second, the Democratic Party finds itself in the unusual position of readying itself to nominate in Hillary Clinton the candidate who, based on the evidence currently available, appears to be a much weaker candidate against Donald Trump than the runner-up whom she defeated in the primaries. Third, the presumptive Democratic nominee is currently being investigated by the FBI...
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