A Person Who Looks Closely at Voting Data Explains

… main job is to get people to the polls. They knock on doors, sign people up to vote, and push early voting. Their goal was to get so many people voting that the election would be “too big to rig.”

One of their plans was called “19 million for 19 million.” That means they tried to turn out 19 million people who stayed home in 2024.

The biggest changes in voting came from young people and Hispanic voters. A lot more of them showed up and voted for Democrats this time.

Republicans mostly spent money on TV ads, consultants, and talking about the right “message.” They did not match the Democrats’ door-to-door and early-voting effort.

She does not say there was no fraud at all. She just says the voting data she watched (especially early voting) lined up with this big, organized get-out-the-vote push more than with sudden, weird jumps that look like pure cheating.
She also points out that in many places, the system basically trusts people when they say they are citizens — it doesn’t always check hard.
Simple steps to recover and reverse the damage
Build a real door-to-door team
Stop relying only on ads. Create groups that go out year-round, knock on doors, and help people actually vote (especially early).
Make the rules tighter
Push for laws that require people to prove they are citizens before they can register or vote. Require real ID.
Clean up voter lists so dead people or people who moved don’t stay on them. Passing the SAVE Act would be a major step toward ensuring only citizens vote.
Talk to the groups that moved the most
Spend real time with young voters and Hispanic communities. Listen to what they care about (jobs, prices, safety, schools) and show up in person, not just on TV.
Watch and push back on the other side’s machine
Keep tracking how those big groups are funded and what they are doing. Support people who expose it and build competing organizations that do the same kind of work for the other side.
Start earlier
Don’t wait until the last few months. Register people, talk to them, and get them voting early, every single election cycle.

In short: Democrats won this one largely because they were better at the hard work of getting people to show up. The way to fix it is to match (or beat) that hard work and tighten the rules so only eligible citizens vote.

IMHO --The SAVE Act would have made it much more difficult for people who are not citizens to vote, because it requires proof of citizenship before someone can register or cast a ballot. Our own GOP caused great harm. They should have done away with filibuster. Now Democrats will and may cause irreparable harm.

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