Why are Republicans trying to prevent you from voting?

[Imallin4Joe]

I'd love to see the DNC run ads asking that question during this weekend's NFL playoff games , while millions of 'Murkins tune in.

[pwb]

1. We can vote. They just want to change our vote.

Thats all.

[brooklynite]

2. I have an answer that you're not going to like.

Absolute numbers vs percentage.

At the height of the Great Depression, which everyone now agrees was a terrible period. 70% of the labor force was working. The millions that weren't were a significant issue, but MOST people still had a job.

The restrictions on voting affect a significant number of people (and a larger number of minorities) but MOST people who want to vote can do so, even in Red States.

Getting people to be upset about a condition that affects someone else is always difficult.

[Skittles]

3. the racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, anti-worker, anti-science platform gets some votes

the rest they need to suppress or steal to "win"

[Ferrets are Cool]

4. Paul Weyrich

“I don’t want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of people. They never have been from the beginning of our country, and they are not now. As a matter of fact our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down.”

Weyrich is widely regarded as the “founding father of the conservative movement.” He founded ALEC and co-founded the Heritage Foundation, Moral Majority, Council for National Policy, and Free Congress Foundation, among others.

Speaking more than 30 years ago at a right-wing conference in Dallas, Weyrich set out the case for voter suppression. The right-wing and GOP are still acting on it to this day.