Will voter fraud be the magic bullet that kills democracy? Republicans keep firing away.
In 2012 it was pretty clear that President Obama would win reelection. But there was one very real concern that cast doubt: voter suppression, especially in communities of color. While some states did try to suppress the vote by cutting early voting days, have polling places that were ill-equipped to handle large turnout causing long lines, and demanding more and onerous voter ID laws. President Obama won, but the strategy to hold voting down in the districts with minorities who tend to vote Democratic remained a viable strategy.
Fast forward to 2016. While voter suppression could very well have cost Clinton the election, even more serious is the unfounded accusations by Trump and his surrogates that voter fraud occurred.