To the Editor:
It is popular political wisdom that eligible voters who do not vote in an election are giving their votes to the winning candidate. According to TargetSmart Communications, as of Oct. 19, 2016, almost three weeks before the general election, there were over 200 million registered voters in the U.S. Yet only 129 million cast a vote.
Curiously, although candidate Trump may have benefited somewhat from Russian computer hacking and statements by our FBI director, he got his greatest boost from CNN,…
February 16, 2017
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