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TomCADem

(17,378 posts)
Mon Mar 1, 2021, 11:05 PM Mar 2021

Vox: The Republican revolt against democracy, explained in 13 charts

Even as the Republican party grows increasingly radical and isolated with a self-imposed right wing media bubble, the Republican party is trying to compensate by simply destroying our Democracy. After all, if you do not need to worry about the facts or worry about pleasing voters, then their power will be unlimited.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22274429/republicans-anti-democracy-13-charts

The Republican Party is the biggest threat to American democracy today. It is a radical, obstructionist faction that has become hostile to the most basic democratic norm: that the other side should get to wield power when it wins elections.

A few years ago, these statements may have sounded like partisan Democratic hyperbole. But in the wake of the January 6 attack on the Capitol and Trump’s acquittal in the Senate on the charge of inciting it, they seem more a plain description of where we’re at as a country.

But how deep does the GOP’s problem with democracy run, really? How did things get so bad? And is it likely to get worse?

Below are 13 charts that illustrate the depth of the problem and how we got here. The story they tell is sobering: At every level, from the elite down to rank-and-file voters, the party is permeated with anti-democratic political attitudes and agendas. And the prospects for rescuing the Republican Party, at least in the short term, look grim indeed.
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Vox: The Republican revolt against democracy, explained in 13 charts (Original Post) TomCADem Mar 2021 OP
K&R nt flying rabbit Mar 2021 #1
Ihope trump I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2021 #2
I seriously wish nothing but the worst for that POS. Initech Mar 2021 #4
Very good article, radius777 Mar 2021 #3
Did you notice the bar chart about the filibuster. PatrickforB Mar 2021 #5
ass to mouth Celerity Mar 2021 #6
K&R burrowowl Mar 2021 #7

radius777

(3,624 posts)
3. Very good article,
Tue Mar 2, 2021, 01:04 AM
Mar 2021

it just shows how radicalized the GOP base has become, and how our system structurally benefits them and their desire for minoritarian rule.

PatrickforB

(14,516 posts)
5. Did you notice the bar chart about the filibuster.
Tue Mar 2, 2021, 01:38 AM
Mar 2021

We've got to get rid of that or else we won't be able to make the progress we all want.

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