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Why trying to protect freedom may work better than campaigning to protect democracy

  • Written by Tarah Williams, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Allegheny College
imageKamala Harris has focused her campaign on freedom.AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

When Joe Biden was the Democrats’ candidate for president in 2020 and again in 2024, he staked his candidacy on being the person who would save democracy from the threat Donald Trump posed.

But Kamala Harris has shifted away from that message and toward the idea of...

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