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6 - Perceptions of the Most Sacred Duty

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 January 2022

Yanna Krupnikov
Affiliation:
Stony Brook University
John Barry Ryan
Affiliation:
Stony Brook University
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The night of the 2016 presidential election, eight-year-old Miriam was, according to her father, “inconsolable.” Miriam, as her father Eli Shearn told The Washington Post some four years later, had become very engaged in the 2016 presidential campaign – something that Shearn had encouraged (Rubin 2020). Miriam’s parents were strong supporters of then-Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, setting up Miriam with red and blue crayons to watch the votes come in on election night. When Clinton lost the election to Republican Donald Trump, Miriam went to bed crying. Shearn told The Post he remembered thinking: “Why did I get her so invested in this?”

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The Other Divide , pp. 135 - 166
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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