> all of this is assuming that the broad Republican constituency have to some extent gone anti-Trump, and I really don't know how much basis there is for that assumption.

> Republican primary voters don’t seem to be upset.

Replying to both of you. It has started -> https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5214236-democrat-james...

So you're saying there's a chance that democracy can hold?

democracy has been holding. The democratically elected president is in charge.

I don't think it's really pushing things to say that President Trump is taking actions to destroy democracy in America. Basically he's step by step attacking the institutions that might be able to stand against him or resist him. He attacks judges that rule against him, he attacks congressman on the Republican side if they look like they might go against him. That's anti-democratic

True, but I don't think you're really arguing against what GP and above said. Sure, he's taking those actions, but it's far from clear whether or not he'll succeed. Those judges are so far standing up to him. Even Chief Justice Roberts publicly pushed back, something highly unusual.

The attacks members of Congress are troubling, but in a way don't matter too much: the deciders for control of the Senate or House are swing voters in swing states and districts. Whether or not the Republicans in Congress are MAGA adherents or older-school reasonable Republicans matters less than you'd think (and less than I'd like).

The one wrinkle in that is the Senate filibuster: if Democrats regain control there, depending on their margin, they could need up to 10 reasonable Republicans in order to make progress on most things. 60 Democratic Senators is unlikely.

The filibuster is a Senate rule, which can be changed with a simple majority.

Trump was elected by the whole US population. Why does a judge, who was not elected by the entire US population, is able to block the democratically elected president? To me, it sounds like the judges are the ones "destroying democracy" as they are blocking the will of the people.

What has Trump done to take away votes from people? Every election is still happening. US citizens are still able to vote.

What you are describing is not a constitutional democracy. It is a kind of mob rule.

Our balance of powers works that way, it's not a novel concept that was just invented. The president does not have some special power because he won the electoral college election, majority of voters, plurality or whatever. He still has to follow the rule of law, he still has to obey court orders. If the president does some action that a federal judge rules was illegal, then they can stop it. This is completely ordinary and every president faces this, Biden, Trump 1, Bush2, Reagan etc.