The Republican Party has been less interested in democracy than the Democrats for at least 20 years. Unsurprisingly, ever since Trump took over the party, the gap between the two parties has grown even bigger.

This might not be all that concerning if the Republican Party stood for some sort of platform. They essentially threw out their party platform earlier this year, adopting instead a strategy of doing whatever Trump says.

If that sounds concerning, that’s a party without standards will do anything to maintain their power. Perhaps worse is the similarity between this situation and a straight-up autocracy, defined as “government in which one person possesses unlimited power.”

What policies do the Republicans support? They took over all both chambers of Congress and the White House in 2016 and . . . cut taxes on rich people? And then tried to strip health care coverage from millions without proposing a serious alternative? And then obsessed over persecuting refugees and immigrants?

And then a significant majority of Republican voters (and elected officials!) simply aren’t accepting their electoral loss. Are they trying for an autocracy?