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Debate: Should Americans Vote for the Lesser of Two Evils?

Two Muslim Americans discuss whether voting or abstaining is the better option this November.

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Shadi Hamid and Haroon Moghul
Oct 25, 2024
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“When offered a choice between two politically intolerable alternatives, it is important to choose neither.” So wrote the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre on the eve of the 2004 presidential election. Today, we offer a debate that flips the question: Even if we don’t like either candidate, do we still have a duty to vote for the lesser-of-two-evils?

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