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"This is not something done to us by leadership. This is a democracy; we voted for this."

In many ways the current evils of the US are abusing the ways our government is least democratic.

The way the Senate and the electoral college weakens the power of some votes, the checks of Congress on the executive branch, and the appointment system of the Supreme Court all relied on political norms to confer stability. Those norms are being broken in favor of raw political power which is undermining the checks & balances fundamental to our country.

In few other stable democracies would such slim electoral victories result in such sweeping power. Our nation has relied on norms and civility for its stability as much as law, and discarding those makes our democracy substantially worse.

Trump received 49.8% of the vote, 1.5% more than Harris, and his power and ability to engage in corruption is virtually unchecked. In other countries with stronger democratic systems he would be forced to compromise to attain a stronger majority.

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"landslide"

According to Alex Karp, who leads a data analysis company. And therefore it should be impossible to trust any data analysis coming from said company.