Trump’s Bid to Seize Polling Power Echoes a Century of Election Denial
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Richardson argues Trump’s push to federalize elections fits a long history of election-denial rhetoric, tracing echoes from 1890s North Carolina and the Wilmington coup to today’s claims about undocumented voters; she notes Texas’s seat flip helped by Latino voters and a California redistricting ruling that could offset GOP maps, and warns that MAGA tactics threaten democracy by delegitimizing election outcomes.
- February 4, 2026 Letters from an American | Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
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