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What Donald Trump’s win says about America’s brand of democracy

It affirms the need to accept the outcome – even if it bothers many. But a second Trump administration should also respect the system’s checks and balances.

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The reality is that Donald Trump won a resoundingly strong mandate including winning the popular vote - the first for a Republican since 2004.

The reality is that Donald Trump won a resoundingly strong mandate, including winning the popular vote – the first for a Republican since 2004.

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Democracy has not ended just because

Donald Trump won the White House

. By most yardsticks, the results of the 2024 US elections showed how democracy was supposed to work. 

The reality is that Trump won a resoundingly strong mandate, including

winning the popular vote

– the first for a Republican since 2004. Republicans have also swept the Senate and

look poised to win the House of Representatives

.

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