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American presidential election: “Many leftists vote against the two candidates”, recalls the writer Douglas Kennedy
American presidential election: “Many leftists vote against the two candidates”, recalls the writer Douglas Kennedy
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What if the American left tilted the November election by allowing Donald Trump to win? According to the American writer Douglas Kennedy, guest on “11am/1pm” Monday October 7, this hypothesis is far from improbable.
He is one of the best-known American authors in the world: Douglas Kennedy publishes Elsewhere, at homepublished by Belfond, his latest book in which he depicts an America as fragmented as it is full of cultural riches. According to its latest Sunday column, the American left could harm the election of Kamala Harris. An opposition that comes from its own camp, the “democratic party”he recalls in “11/13”, Monday October 7.
Douglas Kennedy cites as examples the past victories of Republican George W. Bush against Democrat Al Gore, and of Donald Trump against Hillary Clinton. In both cases, small candidates from the Democratic left had managed to compete with liberal heavyweights, validated by the head of the Democratic party. “Many leftists in the United States are voting against both candidates”underlines the author, evoking his own daughter, “frustrated” by the limited choice offered by the American presidential election poster. “The polls remain very close”points out Douglas Kennedy, who indicates that this could come down to a handful of votes.