‘Foreign Policy’ has an interesting article on how to steal an election. It’s focused on third world autocratic regimes.
Their list of techniques is:
- Control the process
- Manipulate the media
- Keep out the observers
- Misreport results
- Foster incompetence and chaos
- Resort to the crude stuff
In my perception some of this applies to the US. As an example, the US media is typically very shallow in it’s investigation or coverage of election irregularities. I don’t think that the US media is controlled by those in current political power but is driven by the rules of access, expediency, and a frame of reference that assumes a two party system without any critical thought of why such a system is so persistent.
Please share your thoughts on whether any of these techniques apply in any degree to the US.
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