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Ross Douthat: The diminishing Democratic majority

The more pessimistic scenario for Democrats is one in which normalcy is restored and it doesn’t help the party or its president.

(Barrett Emke/The New York Times) A polling place at the Topeka Civic Theatre in Kansas. Nov. 3, 2021. "There's certain kind of suburban voter who will vote for a moderate-seeming Democrat over the Trumpiest Republican, but who will swing back to the GOP as soon as there's any excuse to do so," Ross Douthat writes.