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Charles Chamberlain is Executive Director of Democracy for America.
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Charles Chamberlain
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FROM Charles Chamberlain
To the Point
Democrats searching for the soul of their party Despite winning a majority of the popular vote, the Democrats lost the presidency in the Electoral College. But that's not all. Republicans have majorities in both houses of Congress and — since the Obama Administration took office — 900 Democratic state legislators have been ousted. The number of Democratic governors has dropped from 29 to 15.
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