I feel like the Trump antipathy was real, if partly manufactured, or else right wing polling sites would never have had Biden leading in the polls at all in the run up to the election proper. These days a lot of the Democratic strategy, even as stated, is “orange man bad”. Heck, both parties seem to rely primarily on how bad the other is stated to be to motivate their voters these days, rather than their own virtues. IDK if it’s necessarily the best thing for our democracy.
I think voter fraud tends to be overstated more generally, if you look at the actual studies and verifiable mass statistics on it. There’s a reason why in the 60+ formal lawsuits started within a year of 2020 relative to the election and electoral process at large, many of which were not dismissed by the court under standing specifically, not a one could or did prove their case rather than losing.
That said, I think the Dems started it, and I really don’t think it illegal for another nation to help you win an election so long as you didn’t solicit them to actually mess with the votes. We try to influence elections all the time, so Russia making an attempt to influence us through social media and other measures, and some successful strategic email releases way back in 2016 means jack shit. Democrats started the decline in electoral faith the moment they wrongly questioned 2016’s legitimacy, which was morally wrong to do on so many levels. Now it bites them on the ass and they cry foul.
Moreover, anyone not in favor of electoral reform, or convinced that voting restrictions for election security are racism, needs to get their head checked. Enough people have lost faith in our electoral system that something needs to be done, and that something is publicized reform that will restore faith in the system. It doesn’t matter if the problem itself is demonstrably widespread or not, if people think it is, and our system does not inspire faith.
The Democrats seem to want to play the victim (their favorite move) not 4 years after pulling this shit themselves, and somehow think that this and demonizing their political opponents, rather than genuine reflection on the state of electoral faith within America, will win them the next election. Hell, maybe it will, but it’s disgusting.