How America's broken electoral system made the Jan 6 insurrection possible
b'America\\u2019s electoral system is broken. From partisan gerrymandering and voter suppression to an Electoral College that sidelines the popular vote, it should surprise no one that a majority of Americans don\\u2019t believe they live in a democracy. As the January 6 hearings play out in Congress, some argue that the attempted coup on that fateful day was only made possible by the fact that the American political system subverts meaningful democratic participation. How can progressives organize in the face of such widespread voter apathy and systemic barriers preventing so many from exercising their most fundamental democratic right? TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez chats with former TRNN senior reporter Jaisal Noor, who\\u2019s spent the past few months reporting on grassroots get-out-the-vote campaigns from rural Georgia to Nevada.
Read the transcript of this report: https://therealnews.com/how-americas-broken-electoral-system-made-the-jan-6-insurrection-possible
Pre-Production/Studio: Jaisal Noor, Cameron Granadino
Post-Production: Cameron Granadino
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