There’s no sugarcoating the disappointing results of the midterm elections, writes StephenMoore. But “democracy” is not the same as majority rules. And that is why our great nation is not a pure democracy — and thank goodness for that.
But the overall dismal number of House seats captured by Republicans wasn’t as bad as the overall national vote count. Out of roughly 100 million ballots cast for House races, the Republicans won 51%, and the Democrats won 47%. Overall, more than 4 million more voters chose a Republican for Congress over a Democrat.
To paraphrase the wise words of Joseph Kennedy, who spent a king's ransom to help elect his son John F. Kennedy to the White House in 1960, “I’m not paying for a landslide.” That’s what Republicans did in too many races.
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