October 30, 2022 — Americans will go to the polls November 8. It appears probable that they will give the Republican party majority control of the House of Representatives, and possibly the Senate as well. The same for Secretaries of State and other statewide offices. The consequences could be enormous. Especially worrying is the future of US electoral democracy, if the result is further distortions of voter eligibility rules, congressional redistricting, the electoral college, and other structural features. How could such an outcome of the mid-term elections be explained, seeing as how the Republican party is now dominated by its extremist MAGA faction?