Opinion Today: Our political system is unfair

Liberals just need to deal with it. 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The Senate and the Electoral College are the prime culprits here, and liberals Ping-Pong back and forth between anger and resignation at their undemocratic unfairness. But the observation that the world ain’t fair should be the premise — not the endpoint — for a political party. Either Democrats must change the system, or they must take it as a given and work within its strictures. [As Steven Teles argues](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhlk-qP0TdaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8xMS8xNy9vcGluaW9uL2RlbW9jcmF0cy1jb25zdGl0dXRpb24uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDIwMTExNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yNDE4MyZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD00NDY4OCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKADyqyrNfHkS-v1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), the road to democratic reform of the Senate or the Electoral College is foreclosed for now. So unless Democrats are proposing violent revolution, they must adapt their party to political reality. Steven’s argument is pragmatic, but with the idealist's optimism — winning is possible, but there’s no shortcut to it. Democrats must commit to the spadework of grass roots organizing everywhere, and to the careful needlework of stitching together a winning coalition. Barring revolution, it’s the only way to make the change that liberals and progressives want. 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