Republicans rigged our democracy. Here's how Democrats can fight back
Opinion from theguardian.com
Donald Trump wasn’t elected because Democrats lost a policy fight in 2016. What Democrats did was lose a procedural fight that has been going on since the early 1990s, when Republicans began waging a relentless, brutal, and completely one-sided war, systematically using their lawmaking power to disadvantage their adversaries in elections and political mobilization.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/31/republicans-rigged-democracy-democrats-fight-back
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We Dems were complacent and stopped paying attention to what those nasty Republicans were up to. In the 90's it looked like Bill Clinton was doing a great job, and we had nothing to worry about. Big mistake! The 2000 elections was stolen by the GOP.
It's 2018 and we're extremely behind the 8 ball and trying to play catch-up. It never should have happened, but it did. The GOP cannot win elections by straight-up numbers, so they have to cheat to win. Always assume they're cheating and you won't be disappointed. Never let your guard down. Gerrymandering is the perfect example - it took them almost 30 years to get the Congressional Districts remapped in their favor. What the hell were we doing while this was going on?
This article is quite good - recommended reading!
