a:4:{s:3:"url";s:97:"https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/02/whats-stake-midterms-electoral-democracy-we-know-it";s:9:"image_url";s:163:"https://www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/social_share_image/public/2022-11/voting_rights_fascism_GettyImages-1237581460.jpg?h=e74be043&itok=ehRcan1S";s:5:"title";s:80:"Opinion | What&#39;s at Stake in the Midterms? Electoral Democracy as We Know It";s:11:"description";s:123:"&#34;The November 8 midterm elections could be the last in which the United States operates as a functional democracy.&#34;";}