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The Pandemic Became Political

Post author By Alexander Clausen
Post date September 17, 2020
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Temporary "Use Social Distancing" sign on a road in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Logan Weaver/Unsplash)

This essay was first written for a language competition at my university. The full original title is: “The Pandemic Became Political: What impact has the COVID-19 pandemic created on politics and the political culture in the United States?”

Tags 2020 presidential election, Biden, Campaign, Conspiracies, Conspiracy theories, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Division, Pandemic, Partisanship, Science, Trump, United States

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A democratic socialist nominee is a bad idea in Trump’s America

Post author By Alexander Clausen
Post date February 12, 2020
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Popular Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders' campaign rally at the University of Pittsburgh — Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) rallying at the University of Pittsburgh. (Vidar Nordli-Mathisen/Unsplash)

I believe that a democratic socialist as Democratic nominee in the 2020 US presidential election would probably be a bad idea – contrary to my personal political views. Here’s why.

Tags 2020 presidential election, Bernie Sanders, Democratic party, democratic socialist, Democrats, Donald Trump, Overton window, primary, United States, US election