Well, I think "feeling" is a fairly accurate term. Even among the most rational of Republicans, there is an uneasy feeling that the electoral process is corrupt. I worked as a federal election observer under the Voting Rights Act, so I've had the chance to watch elections quite closely. All over the nation, election officials take their jobs very seriously, and take great pride in their integrity. They don't use the photo ID that lots of Republicans demand, but their systems of identity verification are quite effective. And after years of accusations of election fraud, the Trump Administration had a thorough investigation of the 2016 election and found very few problems - a questioned ballot or two here or there, but certainly not enough to affect an election. But Trump keeps crying fraud, and his constant harping has succeeded in undermining the trust that people have in the election process.

But there IS a problem with the wholesale suppression of voters that is done out in the open by party officials. Both parties are guilty, but particularly the Republicans. The philosophy is, "If we have the power, we're gonna use it to help us keep it."

-Joe-