[Source.](https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/06/if_the_electoral_system_were_actually_free_and_fair.html) > If elections were free and fair, then we would see the best Americans elected to federal, state, and local governments…usually though we don’t. > If elections were free and fair, then the least fit to govern candidates would not keep “winning” seats…but they often do. > If the elections were free and fair, then our government would not need to weaponize its agencies against its critics…but it does. > If the elections were free and fair, then our elected officials would not act in a blatant disregard of their voters’ will…but many of them do.