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Republicans won big in a relatively high-turnout election. How did it happen?

The turnout rate in this year's presidential election was relatively high — and Republicans did really well, contradicting conventional political wisdom that high turnout benefits Democrats.

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Miles Parks
Miles Parks is a correspondent on NPR's Washington Desk, where he covers voting and election security.
Steve Inskeep
Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.
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