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Paul Weyrich - "I don't want everybody to vote" (Goo Goo)

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Paul Weyrich - "I don't want everybody to vote" (Goo Goo)

A 1980 clip of conservative strategist Paul Weyrich telling a religious audience he does not want everybody to vote. He says elections are not won by a majority and that leverage rises as turnout falls.

HN cites it as a primary-source quote in discussions of voter suppression.

3 Hacker News mentions · 2017–2022

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