Republicans probably don’t think of themselves as enemies of democracy. And many aren’t.
But notwithstanding their self-perception, the actions of some GOPers put our democracy at grave risk.
Robert Dahl, the preeminent theorist of democracy, identified “voting equality” as one of its central criteria — “each member must be ensured an equal opportunity to express a choice that will be counted as equal in weight to the choice expressed by any other member.”
Yet, Republicans have worked to suppress the votes of some groups, rendering their ability to express a choice and have it counted less than equal. CONT.
Mark Mellman (Mellman Group), The Hill