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American democracy was a big winner in the midterms

Results are still outstanding House and Senate races but political scientists say one of the big winners in the mid-terms is American democracy itself.

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Frank Langfitt is NPR's Roving National Correspondent. He has covered everything from threats to democracy and the use of inflatable animals as political props to America’s biggest croquet tournament, its oldest fiddler’s convention and the creative process behind Born to Run.
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