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Why do so many people believe the 2020 election was stolen? And why do those people want to make it harder to vote? The answers to this question take us all the way back to the beginning of US history.

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Books cited in this video:
Our Declaration by Danielle Allen
One Person, No Vote by Carol Anderson
Disenfranchising Democracy by David A. Bateman

Articles and videos cited:
Ruby Freeman's story: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/...
Kanye West's publicist and Ruby Freeman: https://www.reuters.com/business/medi...
Biden's lead in close states: https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2...
Trump and Georgia secretary of State (calls Ruby Freeman a "scammer"):    • Full Phone Call: Trump Pressures Georgia S...  
Fact check of OANN false story about Freeman:    • Fact-checking claims about election in Ful...  
Cyber Ninjas' findings: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/24/trump...
Viviette Applewhite, elderly woman who can't get voter ID: https://www.aclu.org/video/viviette-a...
Dodge City, KS poll closing: https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/w...
North Dakota Native IDs and street addresses: https://www.npr.org/2018/10/13/657125...
State legislatures overturning elections: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-wor...
Barton Gellman on Trump in 2024: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...
Adam Serwer on Democrats and Illegitimacy: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arc...
Ed McBroom: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/753/...
MyPillow Guy fact-checked: https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2...
Violence at 1968 Democratic convention:    • 50 Years Ago: Antiwar Protesters Brutally ...  
Nixon's "Silent Majority" speech: https://www.americanrhetoric.com/spee...
Bernie and Hillary cowrite Democratic platform: https://www.theguardian.com/global/vi...
Biden and progressives write platform together: https://www.npr.org/2020/07/08/889189...
George HW Bush on "voodoo economics:"    • Bush padre about voodoo economics  
George HW Bush "Read My Lips, No New Taxes:"    • 1988 Flashback: George H.W. Bush Says, ‘Re...  
Obama 2004 Dem convention speech:    • C-SPAN: Barack Obama Speech at 2004 DNC Co...  
Candace Owens on Voter ID: https://www.prageru.com/video/voter-s...
Ann Coulter thinks literacy tests are ok? https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-frie...
Idaho Legislator: "Voting Shouldn't Be Easy" https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org...
Texas voting restrictions and "Purity of the Ballot Box" https://www.washingtonpost.com/histor...
Mitt Romney on Obama's "gifts" to voters:    • Mitt Romney Comments on President Obama's ...  
Michigan Emergency Manager law: https://www.aclumich.org/en/cases/eme...
Benton Harbor emergency manager sells public park: https://www.michiganradio.org/politic...
Flint water crisis and emergency managers: https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2018...

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
15:05 Media Bubbles and the "Silent Majority"
27:56 "Voting Shouldn't Be Easy"
40:58 The Wrong Reasons for Voting
59:52 Conclusion

Hi! I'm Char. I make video essays about media criticism, politics, literature, and queerness. Let's take some crazy cultural objects and figure out what they mean.