Second: You may not realize it from the coverage, but the GOP is actually gaining strength right now. — The day-to-day storylines in political media emphasize the divisions within the Republican Party and how those divisions weaken the GOP and help President JOE BIDEN push through his agenda. But if you step outside that narrative, you’ll see something very different. — While it might look like a shitshow in Washington, the party is more like a hurricane gathering strength off shore that will wallop Democrats beginning in 2022. The Republican Party has a structural advantage in the House, Senate and Electoral College. It controls redistricting in a majority of states. Most ominously for Democrats — and democracy — it is using its power in statehouses and governors’ mansions across the country to pass voting laws that solidify these advantages. — “The pattern is striking,” Greenfield writes, “if you want to survive as a Republican official, you will support the former president; if you support the former president, you will support laws that reflect his conviction that the election was stolen; if you enact those rules, you are making it more possible that he will win a second term. The party is talking with one voice; the voice