Washington • The future of American democracy will be on the ballot next year. No one should pretend otherwise.
We witnessed President Trump's obvious disdain for democratic rights and liberties once again last week during his warm encounter in Japan with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin.
And the U.S. Supreme Court’s partisan, anti-democratic decision on gerrymandering, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, showed how dangerous it would be to expand a right-wing majority hellbent on making our system less inclusive, less fair and less equal.
For these reasons, Democratic primary voters should not be knocked for making "electability" their highest criterion in picking a presidential candidate.