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How the Future Shapes Our National History with Heather Cox Richardson

The Preamble

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Benjamin Harrison Is the Worst President in America

Benjamin Harrison was elected in 1888 after it's clear that Americans prefer the Democrat Grover Cleveland. He actually loses the popular vote by more than 100,000 votes and he wins in the Electoral College. North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho are still states that have wheeled enormous power in the Senate compared to places like California, Florida, Texas, or New York. This speaks back to what I was saying about reconceiving the way we think about America. Almost everything we have talked about on this podcast is the bad story.

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