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Dahleen Glanton: It's tough being a Democratic voter if you're not a clairvoyant

If this were a normal presidential election, most Democrats would have decided by now whom they would vote for in the primaries. They simply would have weighed each candidate's message and decided which aligned most closely with their own.

That's how easy the political process is supposed to be. But this is no ordinary election. It never is when Donald Trump is involved.

This time around, Democrats are facing an extraordinary challenge. They will have to become clairvoyants. They must try to look into the

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