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Versus, red wonky versus elephant competition. but it's not. there is an anti democratic party, competing against a democratic party. we are in a position, where in democracies, parties win parties lose, every party loses once in awhile, and we are in a position, where our democracy cannot afford, for a democratic party to lose. that's a really precarious place to be. >> professor steven levitskiy, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> thanks for having. me >> thank you. coming up, the republican war and democracy is underway in arizona. the democratic state representative who's runni...

Times, you cannot look at a party in a democracy, that has won the popular vote almost without fail for two decades in say gee, that party really has to get it together and address its liabilities. joining us now is steven levitsky, harvard university professor of government, and co author of the book, how democracies die. professor, thank you so much for joining us, we really appreciate it. your point about the last eight presidential elections, put that, way is really quite stunning. how far from idealize democracy is the united states? >> well i'm not sure anybody has achieved, but i realiz...

Seven out of eight presidential elections, with the voters of this country. but the electoral college gave two of those victories, to the republican candidate. first, george w. bush in 2000, second donald trump in 2016, who both got fewer votes, then the democratic candidate. many democracies around the world, established after the united states government was established, embroiled some elements of american democracy, but none have they made the mistake of creating, an electoral college. this professor li visacki also highlights another not-so-minor flaw on american democracy. the united stat...