Brooklyn's Palestinian Voters Voice Discontent Over Presidential Candidate Lineup

Kassem last voted in 2008 for Barack Obama and has not voted since. He said he will not cast his vote this year either not only because of broken promises, but over the lack of consideration for Palestinians. 'They don't know our struggle,' Kassem said, explaining he has to get through six checkpoints between the U.S., Jordan and Israel so he can visit family. 'We're not equal over here. Money talks at the end of the day.'

In the months leading up to this year's election, many of these voters began to rethink whether they should support any candidate at all. Moustafa Bayoumi noted a palpable disaffection among Arab-American voters for both parties, highlighting their feeling of disenfranchisement. 'Panelist after panelist expressed the idea that they couldn't vote for a genocide enabler,' he shared, pointing to a growing frustration with existing political positions.

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