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Soon, however, you should dust yourself off, square your shoulders, and take a deep breath. Americans who care about democracy have work to do. Related: David Frum: Trump won. Now what?

That said, representative democracy does exist in America if one looks to the local level. It is in this place where citizens are most likely to have immediate access to their elected representatives.