Trump’s opposition to Pennsylvania’s effort to make voter registration easier is a reflection of how he and the Republican Party value the restrictive status quo.
, but — as with that social media post about the “tremendous potential” for fraud — it was useful to imply that these systems were dangerous because Trump felt that they advantaged Democrats. Just as he thinks Pennsylvania’s new voter-registration process does — though, in this case, he doesn’t allege that it will foster fraud.It’s worth ruminating on that for a second. Trump is simply stating that increasing the number of registered voters will be bad for his party.
The argument is fundamentally anti-democratic: Having more people weigh in on candidates reduces our party’s power and therefore should not be allowed. Republicans have spent decades hyping the idea that voter fraud is common because raising the idea of stealing votes is a more palatable way of opposing expansions to voting than simply saying they want to disadvantage Democrats. There’s another way to look at Trump’s disparagement of the effort in Pennsylvania.
, but Trump would obviously rather blame those systems. So he claims that allowing more people to vote was rigging the election when it is probably more fair to describe it asrigging a system that made it harder for many Americans to vote. Trump is very eager that it not be unrigged further. What 2020 proved is how rare voter fraud or illegal voting is, even in an election in which it was made easier than ever to cast a ballot by mail. No election has been more scrutinized; no exceptional, significant or systemic illegality was found.
But Trump likes having it be hard for new voters to vote. He thinks, as he said on social media, that this helps him and his party. And given that the other lesson from 2020 was his disinterest in respecting the democratic choices of the electorate, it comes as no surprise that he takes this position on the effort in Pennsylvania.that the move undermines confidence in the results. Trump didn’t bother.
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