This tyranny of the minority is the result of the Electoral College (that overcounts votes from small states and undercounts votes from large states), as well as decades of strategic GOP gerrymandering that has produced a misrepresentative Congress. https://t.co/u7ei88PrSJ 2/
— Dr. Caroline Heldman (@carolineheldman) June 26, 2018
Our framers did not envision a minority faction gaining control of the 3 branches and working together to enact policies that a majority of Americans oppose. This poses a serious threat to the fundamental democratic principle of popular sovereignty. 4/
— Dr. Caroline Heldman (@carolineheldman) June 26, 2018
So how will the majority respond to the tyranny of a minority faction? So far, they have taken to the streets: https://t.co/J8KyGyAmtJ 6/
— Dr. Caroline Heldman (@carolineheldman) June 26, 2018
Turned out to vote in higher numbers: https://t.co/oR91QyKtG2 8/
— Dr. Caroline Heldman (@carolineheldman) June 26, 2018
Recently, the majority has been “uncivil,” much to the dismay of some who have grown accustomed to the double standard of treating the egregiously crass behavior of Trump and his minority faction as “normal.” https://t.co/vCn1laTJgg 10/
— Dr. Caroline Heldman (@carolineheldman) June 26, 2018
We arrived here courtesy of partisan gerrymandering and the racist bias built into the Electoral College. But we’re staying here because the GOP stole a Supreme Court seat that anti-democratically tipped the balance of one branch. https://t.co/uMzf9aPyFs 12/
— Dr. Caroline Heldman (@carolineheldman) June 26, 2018
In sum, we are in a serious democratic crisis because tyranny of the minority undermines popular sovereignty. If the GOP/midterms fail to provide democratic relief, I fear that incivility is a middle rather than late stage of the majority reclaiming its democracy. 14/14
— Dr. Caroline Heldman (@carolineheldman) June 26, 2018