It was. The voting rights bills passed the House in 2021 when Democrats held the majority there. Then Majority Leader McConnell kept them from even getting a committee hearing. The key to voting rights bills is to get votes from the opposing party when there are slim majorities in the House and Senate. No Republican representatives are going to vote for voting rights bills introduced by Democrats. It just won't happen. And the same is true in state legislatures.
Would that have stopped the GOP if the shoe were on the other foot? The GOP would have found another way to get that stuff into law--at the state level across the country at a minimum. Dems don't use their state power coalition for anything except for gun laws and abortion protections. A coalition of dem governors and mayors could do more across the country than what dems in congress currently can't get done. The GOP has more vigor about banning drag shows via state law than the dems do about anything that doesn't involve guns or abortion.
I agree with your take Travis. I've been very disappointed with the lack of grass root push on voting rights. The Dems seem to be leaving it all up to Mark Elias to hash out in courts. He's good at it, but court cases don't drive out votes or raise awareness.
It depends on what state you are in. There is motion in places like Ohio and in Southern states in terms of voting rights, but it's an uphill climb and will probably fail. Losers don't get press remember...only winners do.
ThatтАЩs because they have way more trifectas than democrats do in state legislatures. They have gone after a ton of stuff in states where they have a trifecta but they have the same problem Republican trifecta has...the courts
I thought it got stalled in the Senate because the Dems couldn't get the votes to bypass a GOP filibuster.
It was. The voting rights bills passed the House in 2021 when Democrats held the majority there. Then Majority Leader McConnell kept them from even getting a committee hearing. The key to voting rights bills is to get votes from the opposing party when there are slim majorities in the House and Senate. No Republican representatives are going to vote for voting rights bills introduced by Democrats. It just won't happen. And the same is true in state legislatures.
Would that have stopped the GOP if the shoe were on the other foot? The GOP would have found another way to get that stuff into law--at the state level across the country at a minimum. Dems don't use their state power coalition for anything except for gun laws and abortion protections. A coalition of dem governors and mayors could do more across the country than what dems in congress currently can't get done. The GOP has more vigor about banning drag shows via state law than the dems do about anything that doesn't involve guns or abortion.
I agree with your take Travis. I've been very disappointed with the lack of grass root push on voting rights. The Dems seem to be leaving it all up to Mark Elias to hash out in courts. He's good at it, but court cases don't drive out votes or raise awareness.
It depends on what state you are in. There is motion in places like Ohio and in Southern states in terms of voting rights, but it's an uphill climb and will probably fail. Losers don't get press remember...only winners do.
ThatтАЩs because they have way more trifectas than democrats do in state legislatures. They have gone after a ton of stuff in states where they have a trifecta but they have the same problem Republican trifecta has...the courts