• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    It’s that people don’t vote

    Yes but also no: it’s mostly that many people either CAN’T vote or can but only with extreme exercise of patience and stamina.

    Get rid of all the ridiculous voter suppression obstacles and you’ll see a dramatic uptick in voting and a corresponding shift towards Dems winning almost every election, making the GOP unviable within a decade.

    Neither major party wants that, though, since the Dem leadership counts on running on fear of Republicans so that they won’t have to go further left than the owner donors are comfortable with.