What We Learned from the U.S. Midterm Elections

One take-away from the midterms is that election denialism appears to be on its way out.  Of the 300+ proponents of the Big Lie who were on some ballot somewhere, the vast majority lost, and, with the possible exception of Arizona and Nevada (we’ll have to wait and see), nobody seems to be taking the Donald Trump tack and making unfounded claims of massive voter fraud.

I take this as a message that voters are sick of listening to this bullshit.

Obviously, if Republicans take control of either of the houses of Congress, anything’s possible, but it’s comforting to know that the voters themselves believe in the legitimacy of the American democracy, and don’t want to be represented by those willing to lie about something so basic to our culture.