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Democrats: Be Afraid

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Democrats: Be Afraid

The Republican party is a semi-permanent minority. And yet, it's Democrats who are on the knife's edge.

Jonathan V. Last
Nov 17, 2020
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Democrats: Be Afraid

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1. Tyranny of the Minority

The Republican party has won a national plurality exactly once since 1988.

Think about that for a minute. Because it suggests that the GOP is now a semi-permanent rump party.

I don’t know that we ever quite realized this was happening, because there were always circumstances to explain away the fundamental shift.

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