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Features Saving Democracy—Realistically Yes, we disdain the Electoral College. In the meantime, there are more realistic ways to unlock our democratic Gordian Knot. By Larry Diamond from Summer 2022, ...

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When ordinary people speak out, vote, protest peacefully and hold leaders accountable, democracy renews itself. But when fear, cynicism, or indifference silence us, democracy will perish.

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