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Elements in the GOP want to make so hard to vote that only Republicans will be able to vote. Look at how much damage they have done already. They are in good position to make sure all elections are guaranteed to be wins for the GOP. I think 2016 was really obviously stolen and rigged as we move further away from it.
Earthican
(39 posts)It is pretty much established at this point that the republicans can only survive in a pluralistic non-white populace by intimidating voters and disenfranchising voters. We democrats can only win if we get as many people to the voting booth as possible. Even this close loss in the popular vote by trump was only 27 percent of the voting eligible population (feel free to check my figures). I can only conclude we had too many sunshiners who would not accept anyone but Sanders (I do not blame him for this by the way, and think it is a small number) and more people who did not vote at all. So we had about what, less than 60 percent of the population voting. That is a national disgrace, and the electoral college is a pretty big reason, but I do not see how we can get rid of it.
To the question, yes I believe republicans will continue to try to take away votes from minorities, and it will be worse when they are in power and make the rules.
TeamPooka
(24,225 posts)Kablooie
(18,634 posts)Just like Russia and other authoritarian governments.
This is what a real coup looks like.