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November poll calls for shorter campaigns, December poll explores “A Christmas Carol”
The results are in for our first-ever TRM Poll, and the clear winner: presidential campaigns should last no more than three months.
This, after former President Donald J. Trump has already thrown us into a two-year presidential election.
America has a longer campaign season than most countries — and worse voter turnout than almost three dozen.
Read more interesting context about the TRM Poll and results. You can also take our new December poll: What’s your favorite rendition over the last 69 years of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” ? You can vote until Dec. 23.
Jewish people, migrants, LGBTQ community face greater threats, says DHS advisory
Members of Jewish communities, LGBTQ communities, and migrants face increased threats of domestic terrorism “by violent extremists seeking to further a political or social goal or act on a grievance,” according to a new government advisory.
The increased warning is gaining new focus a week after its release because of a sabotage of the power grid in Moore County, North Carolina, that officials are describing as “domestic terrorism.” More than 40,000 people are without power for several days following an intentional, targeted shoot-up of the area’s electrical transformers.
