The vertical distribution of powers allows partisans to accept defeat more willingly at the national level because there are other arenas of political contest at the local and state level.
Really nice piece. Having just spent an extended period of time with my Fox addicted mother in law (at my son's wedding) I was informed that if Harris wins the election it "will be the end of the country." I tried to patiently explain that much of this comes from those whose viewership (and multi million dollar pay packages) emanate from stoking fear. But as Swift noted, and I see pretty much every day on Twitter, "You cannot reason a person out of a position he did not reason himself into in the first place." So thank you for injecting some reason into our political approaches.
Really nice piece. Having just spent an extended period of time with my Fox addicted mother in law (at my son's wedding) I was informed that if Harris wins the election it "will be the end of the country." I tried to patiently explain that much of this comes from those whose viewership (and multi million dollar pay packages) emanate from stoking fear. But as Swift noted, and I see pretty much every day on Twitter, "You cannot reason a person out of a position he did not reason himself into in the first place." So thank you for injecting some reason into our political approaches.