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Simple Electoral Strategy

Calvin Trillin

March 9, 2021

Illustration by Doug Chayka.

“Republicans in state legislatures nationwide are mounting extraordinary efforts to change the rules of voting and representation.”–The New York Times

Their chances of winning on issues remote, Suppression’s what’s keeping their party afloat. Their strategy’s sung on a singular note: You can’t vote against them unless you can vote.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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