Congress prepares for major fight over voting laws in the wake of Trump s false fraud claims Jon Ward
Former President Donald Trump’s “big lie” about a stolen election may have been discredited over and over in the courts, and disgraced by the attack on the U.S. Capitol, but the corrosive effect of his dishonesty will linger on, complicating efforts to strengthen American elections.
One of the Democrats’ top priorities in the new Congress is a package of election reforms, including provisions that experts say would make it harder to cheat but easier to vote. Many of these provisions are ones that Republicans have historically resisted for ideological reasons. But despite Democratic majorities in the House and Senate, and their control of the White House, two huge developments over the past year will make it much more difficult for them to push through a voting reform package.
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in culture war morris argues americans are polarized than the public is led to vv by the media and independence. he discussed his book for about 15 minutes at the hoover institution on the campus of stanford university. stanford professor morris fiorina is the author of the book culture war the myth of a polarized america. professor fiorina, are we divided into red and blue camps in this country? it depends on who you mean by weakening if you mean the people that are active in politics and run for office and work on the campaigns and give money coming yes, they are. if you mean the ordinary average american citizen who basically just turns out to vote, the answer is no, we are not. how do you find that? we find that through very intensive looks of the american national election studies, the general social survey come some of the good commercial surveys like gallup poll etc.. with a show is the american electorate today doesn t look any different in terms of its part