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this post was submitted on 18 Oct 2025
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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.