The Washington Post’s latest poll is enough to make the Statue of Liberty cringe.
“In a new poll, half of Republicans say they would support postponing the 2020 election if Trump proposed it,” (emphasis added) read the headline of the paper’s Monkey Cage blog (for election geeks) on Thursday, which quickly reverberated around the internet.
“According to a poll conducted by two academic authors and published by The Washington Post, 52 percent of Republicans said they would back a postponement of the next election if Trump called for it,” TheHill.com quickly reported. “If Trump and congressional Republicans proposed postponing the election to ensure only eligible citizens could vote, support from Republicans rises to 56 percent.”
The Hill’s summation didn’t stop there, but affirmed that nearly equal numbers of Republicans—47 percent—think Trump won the popular vote. And a big majority, 68 percent, “also thinks millions of illegal immigrants voted in the presidential election and 73 percent think voter fraud happens somewhat or very often.”
Neither the Post’s blog nor the Hill said Republicans who believe every one […]
I propose that democracy in the true sense of the word is no longer the bastion by which this country operates. Perhaps it was not apparent to most as corporations infiltrated government. Perhaps we the people suffering from forms of denial mixed with apathy are opening our eyes. We are seeing what is frightening. Corporations in the meantime continued their march. Infiltration gave way to takeover. As I see it, corporations run the country. As a citizen, aging in this country I chose to make my own; I simply do the little that I can to better a life or… Read more »
Please keep publishing these stories. They are increasingly important. Thanks!
I agree that there is a danger, and now is when the outcome rests on those in the trenches. It’s not easy to be engaged and in some cases, as shown in the news, it’s dangerous. But there’s a good chance that we can come out of this having realized and fully absorbed how precious, how extraordinary democracy is. Too much as been taken for granted over the decades. Vast numbers of people didn’t vote and expressed their opinion by saying ‘Why should I? It doesn’t work. They’re all corrupt.’ Well guess what, repeat that enough by words or act… Read more »
Well said!