This time, Trump's case for democratic legitimacy is far stronger. He won the Electoral College decisively, and he appears likely to win the popular vote.
A small faction of Trump detractors may continue to say that he is illegitimate, because they believe that he should have been convicted during his impeachment.
An opposition that purports to defend democracy cannot deny legitimacy to such a clear democratic winner; the original resistance oversold enough of its allegations.
Although he still has legal problems stemming from his past actions, no one alleges illegality in this campaign, making a 2016-style resistance to Trump untenable.
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