I think you’re discounting how much historical and cultural imperatives influence the electoral zeitgeist.

Like Germany being touchy tracking religious affiliations post WWII, post civil-war America is touchy about voter supression - im specifically referencing post civil war voter suppression conducted in what was then a Democrat stronghold in the American South.

Many argue that shame has never gone away and is still being conducted today through modern tactics.

Many would argue such a shame should never be dismissed at all.