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Apprehensive_Ad1744 t1_ixkhjy6 wrote

Reply to comment by Different-Music4367 in Georgia Supreme Court Allows Early Voting on Saturday, Nov. 26 for Senate Runoff by MarcEElias

Republican officials suppressing Republican votes would be a new one.

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Different-Music4367 t1_ixkifbq wrote

Not really, recent data shows that more Republicans have died from Covid than Democrats. So plenty of Republican policies have already led to the suppression of Republican votes to a permanent end.

To be serious though, vote suppression for Republicans has similar logic as running attack ads--it brings votes down for both candidates, but on the whole the net result favors your side.

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Apprehensive_Ad1744 t1_ixkk92i wrote

Yes, voter suppression by design disproportionately suppresses the vote of one group over another. Not sure what your point is?

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Different-Music4367 t1_ixkld67 wrote

I'm responding to your comment about "suppressing Republican votes," and how there's nothing new about Republicans suppressing Republican votes as a means of suppressing even more Democratic votes, even if only in theory and it potentially backfiring.

Not sure what you are confused about, but this conversation feels like it's kind of going in circles. Take care buddy .

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Apprehensive_Ad1744 t1_ixkrmw0 wrote

I was talking about Republicans specifically targeting Republican majorities with voter suppression being a new thing. You're saying it's not because when Republicans have targeted Democrat majorities with voter suppression, a small number of Republicans were affected via collateral damage.

I have no idea why you think an incidental amount collateral damage is the same thing as being the large, explicit target, but that's where the confusion comes from.

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