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Experts Weigh In on What Led to Sen. Sinema Leaving the Democratic Party

Experts Weigh In on What Led to Sen. Sinema Leaving the Democratic Party
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) speaks during the Senate Finance Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 19, 2021. Mandel Ngan/Pool/Getty Images
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Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s announcement last week of her decision to make an official exit from the Democratic Party and register as an independent results from a number of disparate factors, including the direction of the party before, during, and since the midterm elections, and the prospects for an independent candidate in a state with a highly idiosyncratic political and demographic composition, experts on U.S. politics and elections have told The Epoch Times.

Michael Washburn
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Michael Washburn is a New York-based reporter who covers U.S. and China-related topics for The Epoch Times. He has a background in legal and financial journalism, and also writes about arts and culture. Additionally, he is the host of the weekly podcast Reading the Globe. His books include “The Uprooted and Other Stories,” “When We're Grownups,” and “Stranger, Stranger.”
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