Undeclared voters are the single largest voting bloc in New Hampshire, clocking in at 42 percent of the electorate. This means one thing: Independents decide elections.
In the past, we independents have always split our support among sensible Democratic and Republican candidates, as I did in November. No more.
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Quddus,
While what you write is of your opinion, you know this works both ways and on both sides of the aisle.
Please don't go there with Trump (Republicans) are liars, as if the Democrats are not.
Republicans are abandoning democracy. Oh really? What about the leftist companies that are censoring some of the politicians and other Americans. Isn't that an abandonment of democracy to it's core?
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