Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

A Thanksgiving Toast to American Democracy

Despite it all, the U.S. remains an exemplar of self-government. Don’t take it for granted.

November 20, 2020 at 7:37 AM EST

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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I often write a fun — well, I find it fun — Thanksgiving column about all the stuff that political junkies enjoy about politics in the U.S. With things a lot less fun at the moment, I’ll risk being a little sappy. Here’s an early Thanksgiving column of appreciation to those who make democracy real.

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