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Entrepreneurial politician like trump to take over a major political party and turn it into something resembling a personality cult. at the last republican national convention, not one of the former presidents or presidential nominees of the party spoke, but six members of trump's family were given prominent slots, something unthinkable in a european country. berman writes that freedom house and other groups that track democratic development have noted a marked decline in the strength of american democracy but found no similar decline in western europe. in countries where democratic institutio...

But in the u.s., the republican party having opted for extremism in the wake of the trump revolution, has been far more willing to go along with his dictates, with a slate of almost 300 election deniers as candidates in the midterms. the reason, berman points out in the essay and in a conversation with me, is that the institutions and norms of liberal democracy are strong in western europe. the political parties act responsibly, european and national institutions maintain their independence, and leaders call out bad behavior. so from sweden to italy, when right wing parties come to power, they...

Willing to go along with his dictates, with a slate of almost 300 election deniers as candidates in the midterms. the reason, berman points out in the essay and in a conversation with me, is that the institutions and norms of liberal democracy are strong in western europe. the political parties act responsibly, european and national institutions maintain their independence, and leaders call out bad behavior. so from sweden to italy, when radical right-wing parties come to power, they are rarely able to change policy along the dramatic lines they had once called for. she notes that in sweden an...

Us? i think there is a clear story developing. joined now by cnn senior data reporter, harry enton, let's start with new jersey, harry. what's left there? >> if you look at what's left in new jersey, john, what is left is heavily democratic territory, right. so, if you look, for instance, where the most votes out at least a percentage of those votes that are in, it's in mercer county. what's in mercer county? trenton and princeton. i don't have to tell you trenton is a college town. there are a lot of well educated voters there, a lot who i believe voted by mail. i think there's a lot of vote ...