If there’s one thing I hear most often about the presumptive choices on our ballots in November, it’s a sense of bewildered disgust at the likelihood either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton will be the president in about eight months.

I hear this not only from disaffected Republicans but many independents and not a few Democrats. “How?” they ask. “How did we get to this place?”

That’s one of the better questions to ask in the months to come. And if your answer doesn’t include at least part of the blame accruing to yourself, or at least your “side,” you’re probably not being totally honest.

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