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Midterm election results reflect the hodgepodge of US voters, not the endorsement or repudiation of a candidate’s or party’s agenda

  • Written by Robert B. Talisse, W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University
Midterm election results reflect the hodgepodge of US voters, not the endorsement or repudiation of a candidate’s or party’s agendaVoters in the midterm elections decided that the GOP would run the House, while the Democrats would run the Senate.Liu Jie/Xinhua via Getty Images

The results from the U.S. midterm elections came as a shock to many. The sitting president’s party typically suffers significant losses in House, Senate and gubernatorial races in the first midterm...

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