As Democrats begin to plan for 2020, they need to consider two things. First, the Russians undoubtedly pushed Trump over the finish line. Democrats should not be lulled into complacency because the Russians did not seem to affect the outcome much in 2018. We don’t know why they didn’t seem to move the needle much, but one thing is clear. Their effectiveness in 2018 had very little to do with the presence of countermeasures.
Second, if it does look like Democrats are going to have another blowout, we cannot take it for granted that Republicans are going to be good sports about their impending loss. Based on what we had seen Republicans do in North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Michigan when they lost elections, we should expect them to do something undemocratic if they lose in 2020. Because we don’t know what they might do, it is difficult to plan our response. Even a public airing of the possibility of undemocratic Republican actions may be enough. Democrats, unfortunately, forewarned of voter suppression did too little for fear of disillusioning voters about the integrity of our voting systems. How’d that work out?
Second, if it does look like Democrats are going to have another blowout, we cannot take it for granted that Republicans are going to be good sports about their impending loss. Based on what we had seen Republicans do in North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Michigan when they lost elections, we should expect them to do something undemocratic if they lose in 2020. Because we don’t know what they might do, it is difficult to plan our response. Even a public airing of the possibility of undemocratic Republican actions may be enough. Democrats, unfortunately, forewarned of voter suppression did too little for fear of disillusioning voters about the integrity of our voting systems. How’d that work out?
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