Ezra Klein on the lesson of the 2016 presidential campaign: "A republic, if you can keep it."

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Donald Trump’s nearness to the presidency rests on two separate accomplishments — or, if you prefer, two separate institutional failures — that are often conflated. The first is his victory in the Republican Party’s presidential primaries. The second is his consolidation of elite Republicans, and of the Republicanleaning electorate. But it's important to zoom out, and make a structural analysis of what allowed these things to happen. And believe it or not, that’s where things get scary. For more on this weakpoint in American democracy, read Ezra's longer version of this piece at Vox.com: http://www.vox.com/policyandpolitic...

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