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Tim Kaine: Despite being home to some of the world's most vibrant and active democracies, the hemisphere has also experienced by…

On the recordSeptember 7, 2023
Despite being home to some of the world's most vibrant and active democracies, the hemisphere has also experienced by most metrics the sharpest decline in its democratic institutions of any region in the 21st century.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine highlights the decline of democracy in the Western Hemisphere.

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