For those people keeping track of the health of our participatory democracy, last month’s midterm elections received a relatively good checkup. Voter turnout was the highest in 26 midterm cycles—in other words, since 1914. S. Erdem Aytaç & Susan Stokes, Americans just set a turnout record for the midterms, voting at the highest rate since 1914. This explains why, Wash. Post (Nov. 20, 2018).

But it was not a banner year for New York.