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[ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/e0/087s-e0c4d1f3.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/12027-about-those-secret-voters)### [About Those Secret Voters](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/12027-about-those-secret-voters) Written by digby on October 27 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/79/086n-797e01ef.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/12015-not-just-bad-boy-talk-election-2016-is-a-referendum-on-feminism)### [Not Just ‘Bad Boy’ Talk: Election 2016 is a Referendum on Feminism](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/12015-not-just-bad-boy-talk-election-2016-is-a-referendum-on-feminism) Written by Beth Cone Kramer on October 24 2016. 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