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Five Acts of Voter Suppression That Will Sway the Next Election
Conservatives will continue to deploy these techniques as electoral demographics become more liberal
The evolving demographics of the American electorate are working against Trump, and his voting base will become a minority by the next election. But that does not mean he will lose the next election. Trump won the last election with a minority of the popular vote, and he—and much of the Republican machine—will have had a full term to manipulate the electorate further in his favor.
It turns out that the way the Founding Fathers designed the nation’s electoral process has inadvertently become skewed toward Republicans. On top of that, a concerted effort is being made to manipulate who votes and how much their vote counts.
The Economist recently explored how the electoral system is historically rigged in favor of Republicans. The publication argues that the Constitution structured the electoral process to prevent geographically large states from dominating small ones. This has led to sparsely populated areas, which tend to be rural and Republican, having a greater electoral weight than densely populated urban areas, which tend to vote for Democrats. The Economist estimates that in the midterms, “Democrats need to win 53.5%…
