Stakes in Governor Races
These elections are crucial as they will indicate the level of resistance to the takeover of democracy and the Constitution.
According to Bill Newman, an ACLU civil rights and civil liberties lawyer, signs of an authoritarian state include:
- a leader taking total control of their political party
- encouraging violence
- controlling educational systems, universities, and cultural centers
- putting oligarchs in charge
- ruling by fear
- seeking revenge and retribution of political enemies
- being an "omnipresent master propagandist"
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Author's summary: Crucial elections indicate resistance to authoritarianism.