The National Review Says, “Some Voters Are Better Than Others”

Oh, like some people are more ‘equal’ than others?

I’m still smelling the fear of the GOP in their slew of bills designed to chip away at voting rights. It’s not the first thing I enjoy in the morning, but lately, it’s been hanging around in the air, waiting for a good rain to wash it away. So I had to read this article this morning when I saw it on Twitter, “Why Not Fewer Voters?” from the National Review. It was published just a few days ago so it’s still fresh with the pervasive fear that the GOP could soon be rendered into a permanent minority, despite all their down-ballot wins last year.

I like the subheading, too: “The fact is that voters got us into this mess. Maybe the answer isn’t more voters.” This is a very misleading statement and implication. The fact is, voter turnout had been trending down for decades until Trump turned up. One thing that I liked about Trump is that he managed to expand the scope of debate somewhat. I also liked that he caused so much excitement that we saw record turnouts in two elections that he ran in.

The fact that voter turnout had been trending down for decades suggests that it was not voters who got us into this mess. And the idea that we should have fewer voters to make the country better, harkens back to the days when only the landed people were considered to be smart enough to vote. The entire article from the National Review suggests that some citizens should be excluded from…