In interviews with NBC News, prominent members of the "Abandon Harris" maintained they made the right decision to either not vote for Vice President Kamala Harris or cast their ballot for Donald Trump despite previously being in the Democrats' camp.As NBC's Jillian Frankel reported, members of the m...

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Summary

Key leaders of the “Abandon Harris” movement, which encouraged voters to oppose Kamala Harris due to U.S. support for Israel during the Gaza war, are now expressing unease about Trump’s incoming administration.

Many in the movement, including prominent Muslim leaders, voted for Trump hoping he would bring peace to the Middle East.

However, concerns are growing over his Cabinet picks, such as Mike Huckabee and Tulsi Gabbard, which some see as troubling for Muslim communities.

  • bobalotEnglish
    5•1 month ago

    Preferential voting is also good.

    • esaEnglish
      1•1 month ago

      Different targets, though. The house and probably state legislatures where there are plenty of seats to elect would do well with proportional representation. For stuff that’s really single seat, they could go with parliamentarism (house elects president), but more likely they’d want some single-seat election that works better than FPTP (and without the college)