The reason Republicans hate democracy

[PJMcK]

It’s because their ideas are not supported by the majority of Americans. Republicans cannot win free and fair elections so they gerrymander districts, pass restrictive voter laws and cheat any way they can.

They hate the democratic processes because they are a minority of voters. Putin supports Republicans for this reason as it destabilizes the United States.

If it weren’t so infuriating it would be pathetic

[Kennah]

1. It's bad for business

[The Unmitigated Gall]

2. They were fine with it

When they could fool enough people to believe they gave a damn about ordinary working schmoes.

[SheltieLover]

3. Absofuckingloutely!

[Irish_Dem]

4. The GOP can only win by cheating.

They need to get just enough legit votes to act as a cover for their cheating.

Most Dem candidates know this, and understand that they must get a big margin
to overcome the GOP attempts to steal elections.

[CousinIT]

5. David Frum nailed it. And this is where we are right now:

"If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy." - David Frum

[Wounded Bear]

6. It's been true since the beginning...

After all, the Constitution was written by two main groups:

1. New England businessmen and tradesmen (read "smugglers" but that's a different argument

2. Wealthy Southern landowners (read "slaveholders" )

We've been trying to deal with the compromises those guys came up with since then, with mixed success and a lot of "two steps forward, one step back" actions over the decades.

The Senate is heavily gerrymandered to provide small, agrarian states inordinate power. The presidential election is thus also gerrymandered through the Electoral College. The Constitution barely mentions popular vote elections, and purposely isolates the presidential electoral vote from true democratic processes.