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moondust

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60. Electoral college rigging

Sat Sep 13, 2025, 12:19 PM

Sep 2025

that should have ended at least when slavery was abolished since that was apparently the main reason for it in the first place. And much more rigging since then with crooked gerrymandering, election 2000 Florida recount/hanging chads/Brooks Brothers Riot/SCROTUS overreach, etc. And now more crooked gerrymandering in plain sight. One might argue that the U.S. has never been a real democracy ensuring "one person/one equal vote."

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Can Somebody Point Me To The Time This Country..... [View all] global1 Sep 2025 OP

I'd say when trump started gaining a foothold in national politics. calimary Sep 2025 #1

when dems and repubs gave w bush the patriot act and permission to go after sadaam nt msongs Sep 2025 #2

100% this! intheflow Sep 2025 #57

When the Florida recount was halted in Dec 2000. RockCreek Sep 2025 #3

And THAT led to SilverDawg Sep 2025 #59

When LBJ knew Nixon was fucking around with Vietnam and called it treason, RockRaven Sep 2025 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Chasstev365 Sep 2025 #31

I'd say it's been a difficult JBTaurus83 Sep 2025 #5

when the Supreme Court literally chose the president Skittles Sep 2025 #6

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Reagen Cosmocat Sep 2025 #8

he made greed and ignorance fashionable Skittles Sep 2025 #13

Absolutely Wifes husband Sep 2025 #26

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Maybe first point to the time we had an actual democracy? unblock Sep 2025 #10

the Electoral College Skittles Sep 2025 #14

The original purpose of the Electoral College Morbius Sep 2025 #15

it should have been abolished LONG AGO Skittles Sep 2025 #16

Try this. Lee Atwater's "Southern Strategy" for the GOP, when it embraced racism thoroughly. usonian Sep 2025 #11

Atwater, not Atwood. Or, alternately just say evil personified. ms liberty Sep 2025 #48

Admit it. That was damn close usonian Sep 2025 #55

The incessant harassment of Clinton while Tom Delay was handing out money in the aisles of Congress. live love laugh Sep 2025 #12

Yes this was a very disgusting/dark time. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #18

Regan Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #17

I'd really put it on the Counterculture revolution. OldBaldy1701E Sep 2025 #25

Yes but we prevailed and stopped the war. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #39

I would be willing to debate that we 'stopped the war', but that is another discussion for another time. OldBaldy1701E Sep 2025 #40

LBJ resigned, troops came home. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #42

The election of Ronald Reagan in 1980. James48 Sep 2025 #19

When Nixon was forced to resign and a group Buddyzbuddy Sep 2025 #20

Assassination of Lincoln modrepub Sep 2025 #21

Begin is hard...because it was a roller coaster ride JT45242 Sep 2025 #22

Good post. I might only add the 2000 election. That's when ... Whiskeytide Sep 2025 #50

Yeah..good point also both 2000&2004 showed some votes count more JT45242 Sep 2025 #66

January 14, 1784 Kaleva Sep 2025 #23

I'd always thought it began with the Powell Memorandum of 1971 Cloudhopper Sep 2025 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author Random Person Sep 2025 #27

Bush Cheney most definately samplegirl Sep 2025 #28

About once a decade since the founding. Sometimes minor and sometimes major. marble falls Sep 2025 #29

11/22/1963 johnnyfins Sep 2025 #30

bingo rampartd Sep 2025 #37

Nixon Blue Full Moon Sep 2025 #32

Since it was founded by white supremacy, for white supremacy. The contradiction has yet to be resolved. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2025 #33

You win! Solomon Sep 2025 #35

1970s. That's when the foundations for what we have now were being laid. JHB Sep 2025 #34

22 november 1963 at about 12:15 pm cst. rampartd Sep 2025 #36

With a few exceptions, only white male property owners could vote Martin Eden Sep 2025 #38

SCOTUS giving the country to Bush, an unconstitutional move. lark Sep 2025 #41

The 1970's OC375 Sep 2025 #43

Mitch McConnell refusing to allow a vote on Obama's Supreme Court nominee Mysterian Sep 2025 #44

When the Republicans partnered with the televangelist conartists. BlueKota Sep 2025 #45

Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford's pardon. Emile Sep 2025 #46

Reagan Xoan Sep 2025 #47

Coverup of the Kennedy assassination CanonRay Sep 2025 #49

Citizens United was when democracy fell off the cliff. Need Liberty Wings ASAP IA8IT Sep 2025 #51

I agree. Citizens United unleashed unlimited dark money spending, totally corrupting our democratic electoral process. sop Sep 2025 #52

Multiple times in our history that the slide from democracy can be pointed to as examples. Botany Sep 2025 #53

When the very wealthy decided to Prairie_Seagull Sep 2025 #54

I think Rebl2 Sep 2025 #56

Post wwii when the red scare began Javaman Sep 2025 #58

Electoral college rigging moondust Sep 2025 #60

"Americans dreaded democracy and contrived their constitution against it." Lord Acton Ping Tung Sep 2025 #61

The idea there is a "slide from Democracy" is extremely questionable gulliver Sep 2025 #62

December 12, 2000 SocialDemocrat61 Sep 2025 #63

Started following DU... Shoobee Sep 2025 #64

Welcome! SocialDemocrat61 Sep 2025 #65

Early 80s: Reagan, televangelists, and RW radio darkstar Sep 2025 #67