Perpetual Minority Rule with David Faris

Battleground with Amanda Litman and Faiz Shakir

The Recount

Government, News, Politics

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Political scientist David Faris joins Amanda and Faiz to discuss how Republicans are using extreme gerrymandering, combined with their structural advantages in the Senate and electoral college, to subvert democracy. In states like Wisconsin and North Carolina, they're created a circular structure of authority, where legislatures elected by a minority of voters can strip Democratic governors of any real power, and courts stacked with conservatives can override a governors' veto of newly gerrymandered maps – further entrenching their minority rule. Now, as state after state passes restrictive voting laws and give legislators the ability to override election officials, they're laying the groundwork to potentially steal the presidential election in 2024.

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0:00.0	I'm Fashikir.
0:02.0	I'm Amanda Lippman.
0:04.0	And this is Battleground, a podcast from the Recount and I Heart Radio.
0:07.7	This week we talk to David Ferris, who's a professor of political science at Roosevelt
0:11.4	University and the author of three great books, including most recently.
0:16.1	The kids are all left, how young voters will unite America.
0:20.0	We had a great conversation with David, who was calmly and carefully explaining how
0:29.0	we are about to lose our democracy if not having lost it already.
0:35.0	It is terrifying and true and perhaps underselling the crisis that we are in.
0:42.0	So get excited.
0:43.0	You're going to end feeling really hopeful about the future of succession, maybe.
0:47.3	In the meantime, I want to remind you that you can call and leave us a voicemail with
0:51.9	guest ideas or comments or complaints at 929-399-6748.
0:58.9	You can also send us an email at Battleground at the Recount.com.
1:02.8	We would really love to hear what's on your mind.
1:04.5	I certainly would love to hear from you and we have been pouring through the prior comments.
1:08.7	So thank you for those of you who've already contacted us.
1:11.1	It's already influencing the way we're thinking about future shows.
1:14.3	Before we get to David, Amanda, I wanted to hear your thoughts on the wonderful senator
1:19.2	from West Virginia Joe Manchin, who had an op-ed published last Sunday where he came out
1:23.5	against the Four of the People Voting Rights Act and reiterated his opposition to killing
1:28.2	the filibuster.
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