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All the reasons for the GOP’s turn against democracy
— backlash to racial progress,
rising partisanship,
a powerful right-wing media sphere
— remain in force after Trump.

The leadership is still afraid of Trump and the anti-democratic MAGA movement he commands.

More fundamentally, they are still committed to a political approach that can’t win in a majoritarian system,
requiring the defense of the undemocratic status quo in institutions like the Senate and in state-level electoral rules.

Republicans still control the bulk of statehouses and are gearing up for a new round of voter suppression bills and extreme gerrymandering in electorally vital states like Georgia and Texas.

It’s very hard to see how any of this gets better.
It’s very easy to see how it gets worse.