I keep hearing various media personalities I like say things along the lines of “If we even have another presidential election… <nervous laughter>”
Is this just the joke of the month or are people truly thinking it’s game over? I don’t live in the US so I’m not really familiar with how that would work
Sham elections are the standard playbook, and are effective. It would be a major misstep by Republicans to do stuff like ban elections and protests, since these are important pressure release valves for political dissatisfaction.
I think it’s probably a major messaging misstep by liberals to beat the drums about how “we might now have elections in 2028”, because we obviously will. You can see a bit of pivoting on that message now that Republicans are showing some of their election manipulation playbook for upcoming elections.