America’s midterm elections warn governments that electoral victories confer responsibility, not ownership, argues PAT ONUKWULI Democracy holds an enduring paradox: those who rise to power through the ballot sometimes govern as if the ballot has surrendered its authority. Yet political power is borrowed, not inherited; conditional, not absolute; accountable, not divine. America’s November 2026 midterm elections remind us that even ...
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