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Yep. Republicans focus on voter IDs because they make a lot of sense in a vacuum. But they’re also purging voter rolls to add another layer of bureaucracy and discourage new voters. Also voter registration should be regarded as stopping fraud yet Republicans are against automatic registration, allowing 17 year olds to register for the next election in which they turn 18.
And there is an entire history of their conservative forefathers using ridiculous laws and violence to stop Black people from voting. We can’t ignore that to just look at IDs in a vacuum. Because we have to look at the rationale. Republicans lose when the racial composition of voters looks more like the racial composition of citizens. Republicans want voters to be disproportionately white. Otherwise they lose. Voting behavior within racial groups is very stable. Turnout changes from election to election. Republicans need to keep Black turnout down in order to win elections.
Take Mississippi for example. Exit polls in 2020 indicate white voters were 69% of voters and supported Trump 81-18. Black voters were 29% of voters and supported Biden 94-5.
Trump won 57.6 to 41.1%.
Mississippi has the largest Black population by percentage at 39%. White people make up 59% of the population.
If the voting population looked like the actual population and voting within race stayed the same, Trump would have won 49.7% to 47.3%.
Trump wouldn’t even break 50% in what we consider a completely safe red state. That is why Republicans make it harder for Black people to vote by design.
And there is an entire history of their conservative forefathers using ridiculous laws and violence to stop Black people from voting. We can’t ignore that to just look at IDs in a vacuum. Because we have to look at the rationale. Republicans lose when the racial composition of voters looks more like the racial composition of citizens. Republicans want voters to be disproportionately white. Otherwise they lose. Voting behavior within racial groups is very stable. Turnout changes from election to election. Republicans need to keep Black turnout down in order to win elections.
Take Mississippi for example. Exit polls in 2020 indicate white voters were 69% of voters and supported Trump 81-18. Black voters were 29% of voters and supported Biden 94-5.
Trump won 57.6 to 41.1%.
Mississippi has the largest Black population by percentage at 39%. White people make up 59% of the population.
If the voting population looked like the actual population and voting within race stayed the same, Trump would have won 49.7% to 47.3%.
Trump wouldn’t even break 50% in what we consider a completely safe red state. That is why Republicans make it harder for Black people to vote by design.
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