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Left-wing voters use ‘vote swapping’ to protest Harris — without throwing election to Trump
The website Swap Your Vote helps voters exchange protest votes in blue states for Harris votes in swing states
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Politics In a Jewish neighborhood of Los Angeles, the presidential election is all about Israel
“I care more than I did before,” said one man in Pico-Robertson who said the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel had prompted his first-ever vote
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Politics With harassment and intimidation expected, ‘poll chaplains’ work to keep calm on Election Day
Leaders and students from all faith traditions have been trained in deescalation techniques
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Politics Uncommitted movement decries accusations that it was ‘bought’
A donation from a Democratic-aligned group is a sign, critics say, that it compromised its mission
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Politics Quoting Rod Serling — and, sort of, the bible — Dick Van Dyke endorses Harris
'Hatred is not the norm, prejudice is not the norm; suspicion, dislike, jealousy, scapegoating, none of those are the transcendent facet of the human personality.'
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Politics Crown Heights get-out-the-vote activists aim to turn election into a show of Chabad’s local force
“Anti-semitism is on the ballot. October 7th is on the ballot,” read postcards that encourage Orthodox Jews to vote
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Politics 4 Jewish questions for Election Day 2024 and its aftermath
How many Jews are voting for Donald Trump and how many are backing Kamala Harris? We may never really know
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Politics Trump is spending time with critics of Israel. His Jewish supporters aren’t concerned.
Donald Trump’s Jewish supporters say his record on Israel reassures them that he will stand up for the Jewish state
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Politics NC and Delaware elect Jewish governors, LA shul turns polling place, Jerusalem watch party
Plus: Paul Rudd pops up at polls in Philly, Tree of Life tribute, and more
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Politics This election, I finally understand the undecided Jewish voter
Oct. 7 and its aftermath scrambled the political certainties of many pro-Israel voters, writes a longtime Jewish journalist
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Politics Trump and Harris both tell Michigan voters they’re aiming to end the war in Gaza
Meanwhile, some leading pro-Palestinian critics of Harris are urging voters in swing states to cast ballots for her
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