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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
imageVoters 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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