💬 The Republicans' Election Overhaul Failed Because They Asked the Wrong Question Entirely
The Republicans’ Election Overhaul Failed Because They Asked the Wrong Question Entirely Right, so the Republicans tried to ram through this massive election reform bill in the Senate and got absolutely mugged off. And you know what? I’m almost grateful for it, because this whole saga reveals something absolutely bonkers about how we’ve stopped thinking about democracy altogether. Here’s the thing that nobody’s talking about: both sides of this debate are operating from the same knackered assumption—that elections are fundamentally about winning. The Republicans wanted their overhaul to make it easier for them to win. The Democrats blocked it because they reckon it’ll make it harder for them to win. And meanwhile, the actual point of having elections—you know, that whole “legitimate representation” business—got left in the pub nursing a warm bitter. ...