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In reply to the discussion: I'm just done. I'm so depressed by the rising fascism. How can [View all]Tom Rinaldo
(22,911 posts)I assume that a close election can in many districts, in many states, be stolen. Which votes are most vulnerable to tampering varies widely based on many different systems in use, and who is running them. Some systems are strong, some are not. But there are some Republicans who still take democracy seriously, and those who want to subvert elections often can't be sure where potential whistle blowers lurk. At this stage in our slide toward authoritarianism most of the media is still free, which is not the case in true authoritarian States.
Election theft is most likely around the margins, where it is possible at all. A one to three percent shift in results, selectively, is within that shadow of uncertainty that election theft in a relatively open society depends on. Fraudulent results have to appear plausible, especially in the current electoral environment where Trump's approval ratings have consistently been way under water, and Democrats have way outperformed expectations in virtually every election held since November 2016, and where all polls indicate that there is far greater enthusiasm to vote among Democrats than among Republicans.
We need to make sure those trends continue. We have to make sure that the youth vote spikes in November,and that the Hispanic vote spikes in November in particular. These are not Pro Trump demographics. If they vote in greater than normal numbers and if turn out this November is up in general - it will not be plausible for Republicans to avoid the blue wave that is being forecast. It must be clear that the American public mood is overall to place a check on Trump before voting begins, and the voter turn out on election day must reflect that. If so we can retake Congress. We already won a Republican Senate seat in Alabama.