David Pakman

But all of these different things together can absolutely create circumstances where the election is totally different than it would have been if it were free and fair.

You add friction, you create uncertainty, you make it easier to dispute certain elements of the elections.

Interventions become easier.

And then the recent history where, you know, you they didn't get away with it in 2020.

But I think that they made progress.

in the direction of trying to steal an election.

That was a semi coordinated effort, which fortunately failed.

But they learned from some of those mistakes.

And in 2024, the polling pointed to Trump's going to win.

I know a lot of people in my audience didn't want to hear that, but the polling did point to Trump's polling better in the swing states.

And it's not looking good for Kamala.

This time it's looking terrible for them.

The things they didn't need to do in 2024, they do need to do this time because otherwise it looks like they're going to get absolutely crushed.

So we need to be paying attention to the roadmap.

We need to understand how they are going to apply it.

But I think that maybe the most important thing is what we can be doing.

There are institutions, courts and state officials that are not going to allow these lines to be crossed.

But the risk connects to the actions that they're already involved in.

So the most important part of this is how do we respond to what they are planning to do?

The system is most vulnerable when turnout is low, when turnout is low.