The point was to make the outcome of elections a foregone conclusion; to have the winner decided before the first vote was ever cast. The question, therefore, was never how do we open up this democracy and make it as vibrant, responsive, and inclusive as we can, but rather, how do we maximize the frustration of millions of citizens to minimize their participation in the electoral process? How do we let candidates identify and choose their voters instead of the other way around? And how do we make all this look legitimate?
