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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVox: 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 Trumps acquittal in the Senate on the charge of inciting it, they seem more a plain description of where were at as a country.
But how deep does the GOPs 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.
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 Trumps acquittal in the Senate on the charge of inciting it, they seem more a plain description of where were at as a country.
But how deep does the GOPs 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
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flying rabbit
(4,612 posts)1. K&R nt
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,452 posts)2. Ihope trump
Has a heart attack and dies,soon. Without him the party would not be as virulent.
Initech
(99,915 posts)4. I seriously wish nothing but the worst for that POS.
radius777
(3,624 posts)3. Very good article,
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.
We've got to get rid of that or else we won't be able to make the progress we all want.
Celerity
(42,669 posts)6. ass to mouth
burrowowl
(17,607 posts)7. K&R
Yes