The results are in with significant victories for Obama, Senate Democrats, marijuana legalization advocates, and gay marriage supporters, but what’s next for the country? The Takeaway’s panel of political and cultural experts reacts to the results.
Jeff Yang is writer of the Tao Jones column for The Wall Street Journal and a blogger for WNYC’s It’s a Free Country. Ron Christie is a Republican political strategist and political contributor to The Takeaway. Farai Chidaye is a distinguished writer in residence at New York University’s Journalism Institute.
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