Wsj opinion: wonder land by daniel henninger. insightful videos throwing a wide net over u.s. politics, whether the subject is trump, the democratic “resistance” or america’s turbulent culture. In that sense, the 2024 election is indeed about democracy (“how ‘our democracy’ became undemocratic” by barton swaim, op ed, jan. 29). practical democracy requires definite, peaceful ways.
Wonder land: when progressives single out threats to "our democracy," what they mean is their democracy. images: everett collection afp getty images composite: mark kelly. The u.s. is not now, and has never been, a working democracy. the problems are not occasional irregularities but structural features. begin with the fact that trump lost the popular vote in 2016. In 2024, more than half the world’s population will go to polls—4.2 billion citizens across approximately 65 countries in what, from a distance, at least appears to be a stirring spectacle of. In a politically polarized nation, americans seem to agree on one issue underlying the 2024 elections — a worry over the state of democracy and how the outcome of the presidential contest will.
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