If we come out and vote, like we did twice for Obama and in 2018 in the “Blue Wave” midterm, then we win. There are more of us than there are of them, and we represent what the majority of Americans want.

They know that. And so they know that the only way they can win is by cheating. And that’s why the Republican party has worked so hard (especially over the past twenty years) to do the following:

• Purge voting rolls of registered voters for no real reason
• Make it harder to register
• Gerrymander districts to allow them to win even when they get less votes overall
• Fight against mail-in ballots
• Remove the Voting Rights Act
• Refuse to pass legislation to prevent Russian hacking of voting machines
• Refuse to pass legislation requiring paper ballots
• Removing voting precincts in minority-held districts
• Pass ID laws that make it more difficult if not impossible for some people to vote
• Fight against early voting laws
• Restricting those with criminal records from voting
• Creating an atmosphere of fear at the precincts (especially for Latinos who worry about being detained for voting, even if they are citizens)
• Refusing to consider getting rid of the Electoral College

You’d think the most basic right in a democracy would be the right to vote, and you’d think anyone who really supports democracy would want everyone to vote. But the history of America has constantly been one of the people in power doing everything they can to prevent that from happening, starting with the establishment of the Electoral College. Women and non-whites had to fight and die for this very basic right, and the battle continues today.