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Michael Podhorzer
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Former political director, AFL-CIO. Senior fellow, CAP. Substack: www.weekendreading.net
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“Anti-democratic” is putting it mildly to describe many results of how our Constitution is written. Consider: --In two of the last six presidential elections (one third!) the results of the Electoral College overturned the popular vote.

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--Five of the six Republicans on the Supreme Court were confirmed by senators representing less than half of the US population. --Republicans have held the Senate majority for five of the last twelve Congresses despite representing a majority of the US population only once in that span.

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Michael Podhorzer
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Former political director, AFL-CIO. Senior fellow, CAP. Substack: www.weekendreading.net
1k followers110 following288 posts