Straight-Ticket Voting Hit a New High

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Here’s another indication of the intense political polarization in the United States: Our friends at Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball note that the 2016 election saw the largest wave of straight-ticket results for president and the U.S. Senate since the 17th Amendment established the popular election of senators in 1913. All 33 states with Senate elections decided this year backed the same party for president and Senate.