Another thing about democracy being on the ballot (can you tell I’m a bit obsessed?) is that under Trump, the Republican Party has moved to a very illiberal place, at least as judged by global democracy experts, who place the GOP at about the same place as the AfD in Germany, and approaching Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party in Hungary. So given Trump’s long list of attacks on the principles of democracy, the argument that democracy really is on the ballot kind of rings true.
