The Stakes of the Election Are High: Democrats Pose Threat to Constitutional System

Igenerally find myself in emphatic agreement with Yuval Levin, but I am not persuaded by his essay in the magazine, in which he contends that the stakes of the election are lower than is commonly thought.

It is true that our system has proven resilient. It is not the brittle thing portrayed by the competing camps in the contest — MAGA leaders who predict that, if Kamala Harris wins, we’ll never have another election and may soon not even have a country; and the anti-Trumpers (mostly Washington Democrats, along with plenty of anti-Trump Republicans and independents) who depict “our democracy” as if it were hanging by a thread and fear that Donald Trump’s election would be a triumph of fascism (which Trump evidently forgot to install his first go-round).

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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Igenerally find myself in emphatic agreement with Yuval Levin, but I am not persuaded by his essay in the magazine, in which he contends that the stakes of the election are lower than is commonly thought.

It is true that our system has proven resilient. It is not the brittle thing portrayed by the competing camps in the contest — MAGA leaders who predict that, if Kamala Harris wins, we’ll never have another election and may soon not even have a country; and the anti-Trumpers (mostly Washington Democrats, along with plenty of anti-Trump Republicans and independents) who depict “our democracy” as if it were hanging by a thread and fear that Donald Trump’s election would be a triumph of fascism (which Trump evidently forgot to install his first go-round).

About the Author

Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.