Brad DeLong on the election returns

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And, of course, in 2016 three million more voters cast their votes for Democratic than for Republican Senate candidates. And the 2018 House vote went Democratic by 9.2 percentage point:: FiveThirtyEight: Significant Digits For Wednesday, November 7, 2018l: "Voters cast 44.7 million votes for Democratic Senate candidates and 32.9 million votes for Republican Senate candidates... 57 percent of Senate votes went for Democrats... Another reason that America is a republic rather than a democracy, with "democracy" being defined as majority rule.This is not necessarily a bad thing from the liberal point of view, however. Liberalism addressed human rights in terms of both individuals and minorities in order to avoid the tyranny of the majority. Grasping Reality And, of course, in 2016 three

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