Put principles before party loyalty

American politics has become a test of allegiance. Candidates must defend their party’s nominee, voters are told every election is an existential battle and dissent is branded betrayal. That is not strength. It signals that party loyalty is crowding out independent judgment. Parties have long offered competing visions and organized Americans around shared goals. But they are instruments of…

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