Turnout: So very wee (reuters photo)

It’s all the rage this year to squint hard at midterm election results and declare “a-ha!” — that anti-incumbent rage is fueling a purge of officeholders, or that the influence of tea partiers has been massively overstated, or the nation is (pick one): tired, cranky, bored, angry, in need of a snack.

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