This is how the 2020 election will go:

The Dems will win the popular vote by six million. Trump will win the electoral college because Putin will alter the vote in key districts. Incontrovertible proof of such will eventually come out (if there are any non-loyalists left in the FBI) but all Republicans will declare such proof a socialist hoax.

The systematic dismantling of American democracy will continue as gerrymandering and voter suppression make it impossible for Dems to win anywhere but the bluest of states.

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windinhishair · 61-69, M

Or.....

The Democrat beats Trump handily in the popular vote, and in key battleground states, securing the Electoral College win. But Russian meddling is apparent, and Trump declares the election void and refuses to vacate the office. He then declares a four-year period to fix our broken election systems around the country, before another election can be held, and declares himself eligible to run in that election too, because a president cannot serve two elected terms, and the hiatus doesn't qualify as a term. Republicans support him wholeheartedly and adoringly.

Both gerrymandering and voter suppression continue unabated, and Jim Crow laws return in major southern states, along with poll taxes and voter tests.

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@windinhishair Could be - I see the changes a little more subtle -- two forms of ID, for example. Non enforcement of civil rights (making segregation de factor v de jure) etc.

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@SW-User Yes, that would be possible for a man who has no soul and no moral code, with Stephen Goebbels Miller as his top advisor.