Something that always bothers me during election time, even in leftist spaces, is the lack of any discussion of direct election tampering. In addition to voter suppression and gerrymandering and such, we know electronic voting machines are seemingly designed for the purpose of tampering, and the dem primaries were blatantly rigged with shitty apps, coin flips, and "rouding errors" that somehow all went for establishment candidates. So, are we really sure any vote totals are legit, or is it a giant psy-op whose results are tailored to produce the preferred political climate for capital?
I've seen this argument posed for Hawkins a lot more than I have seen it posed for La Riva, but regardless, I completely agree. These bastards are never going to let themselves be voted out of power and silly rules like this can be changed at the stroke of a pen.