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 Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesKamala Harris suffered a blow to her campaign Wednesday when the Teamsters, one of the most influential labor unions with long ties to the Democratic Party, declined to make a presidential endorsement.
The announcement from the leadership of the 1.3-million-member International Brotherhood of Teamsters marked the first time in nearly three decades the union sat out a presidential election. In every presidential election since 1996—the last year the Teamsters did not endorse a presidential candidate—the union has endorsed a Democrat.
About two-thirds of the union's membership supports Donald Trump, recent electronic and phone surveys found. About a third supports Harris. Earlier this year, Joe Biden bested Trump in the organization's town hall straw polls.
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 Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyWell, we've reached another electoral milestone. After two years of campaigning, fewer than 50 days now remain until Americans go to the voting booths, wait for the polls to close, endure hours of election coverage followed by days of uncertainty, followed by lawsuits and the potential for political unrest. God, time flies when you're having fun.
Why do we do this to ourselves?
I was watching a YouTube video of an American couple (their channel is called "Baguette Bound') who moved to France, and they were highlighting some of the things they prefer in France to America. Among the ho-hum reasons, like not being worried your kid is going to shot at school, they pointed out an interesting fact: French political campaigns only last a few weeks.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Arizona officials discovered they have no records showing if nearly 100,000 longtime residents provided proof of citizenship, which is required by law to vote in state and local races.
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