Five years ago, after losing his re-election campaign, Trump pressured Republican county election officials, state legislators, and members of Congress to "find him votes." Now, before the midterm elections even begin, he is already trying to change the rules. Trump is worried that if control of Congress falls into Democratic hands, he may be investigated and impeached, and his political agenda will be completely blocked. Therefore, he is using almost all available means to influence this year's midterm elections, and if the Republicans lose, he will sow doubt about the legitimacy of the election. Many of his actions have long gone beyond the usual scope of political persuasion, challenging long-established democratic norms. Trump's measures include unprecedentedly urging Republican state legislators to redraw congressional districts outside of the constitutionally mandated ten-year cycle; suing political opponents; pushing for stricter voter registration rules; and trying to end the use of voting machines and mail-in ballots. At the same time, the Trump administration has weakened the role of the national cybersecurity agency in protecting elections; filled the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation at all levels with officials who denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election; met with individuals who, like Trump, spread the lie that "Trump was the winner of the 2020 presidential election"; filed lawsuits against state and local election policies that Trump opposed; and called for a new census that excludes non-citizens. These wide-ranging actions aim to continue and strengthen some of the strategies used by Trump and his advisors and allies when they tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election, which ultimately ended in the January 6th Capitol riot in 2021.
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