Anne Sandholtz McBride: 'Nearly half of Americans between ages 18 and 49 wish they had more parties to choose from. Evan McMullin’s campaign for the U.S. Senate from Utah provides hope for moderates.'
of Americans between ages 18 and 49 wish they had more parties to choose from. Evan McMullin’s campaign for the U.S. Senate from Utah provides hope for moderates.
McMullin is targeting voters whose views are more nuanced than either party’s talking points. A flaw of our two-party system is that issues end up in one party’s domain quite arbitrarily. Take climate change, for example.an effort to pass climate legislation in 2003.
Enter Evan McMullin, a conservative former CIA agent running as an independent. McMullin’s campaign against incumbent Sen. Mike Lee is unconventional. McMullin is drawing support from coalitions that haven’t come together before. Utah conservatives, moderates and liberals may not seem to have much in common, but supporters of McMullin are united by the desire to defend democracy and repudiate extremism.
That people of differing persuasions can be united by common values is a stunning example of our nation’s founding principles. McMullin’s eclectic constituent base provides solid evidence that compromise is yet alive and that tribalism has not overcome civil discourse, at least not in Utah. Supporters of McMullin are cultivating a refreshing middle ground.
Imagine Utah as the state that pioneers a path out of our two-party tangle. As a senator with constituents from the left- and right-leaning parts of the ideological spectrum, McMullin could be the model Congress needs to invent creative solutions to our most urgent challenges, including climate change and inflation. McMullin could become a senator known for what he helps accomplish rather than for
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