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Democrats failed majority of Americans who support liberal ideas

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A darkening cloud has settled over the country, creeping into many nooks and crannies; however, according to Michael Moore in his latest dialogue, the majority of Americans wanted Hillary Clinton, not Donald Trump. The only reason he is president-elect is because of an arcane, insane, 18th-century idea called the Electoral College. Unless we change that, we’ll continue to have presidents we didn’t elect and didn’t want.

We live in a country where a majority believe in climate change, they believe women should be paid the same as men, they want a debt-free college education, they don’t want us invading countries, they want a raise in the minimum wage, and they want a single-payer health care system. None of this has changed. We live in a country where the majority agree with the “liberal” position.

This is the time that the Bernie Sanders’ delightful “Our Revolution” has been picked up by many young as well as older people throughout the country.

Let’s take over the Democratic Party and return it to the people. They, the Democratic Party, have failed us miserably.

W. R. Cole, Arroyo Grande

This story was originally published November 16, 2016 at 11:29 PM with the headline "Democrats failed majority of Americans who support liberal ideas."

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