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Democracy Awakening with Heather Cox Richardson

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

CHAPTER

Undermining Democratic Votes: A History of Republican Rhetoric

Exploring the history of the Republican party's strategy to delegitimize Democratic votes and portray them as illegitimate, tracing it back to the 1980s and highlighting key moments such as the passing of the Motor Voter Act in 1993. The chapter concludes by examining the current state of American politics and the efforts to undermine votes and candidates from the opposing party.

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