I call it recency bias. Bagginski is saying we've never been a democracy. He's not wrong, just not altogether right.
Republicans have underperformed Democrats in national elections for 6 years in a row. I where you see a small margin in favor of Democrat and Bagginski sees some conspiracy to keep the people under The Man's thumb, I see a trend in this country away from what had been 200 years of white power. I don't think any of the three of us is wrong. Bagginski has a point. I just don't agree that because the far left has no chance that means democracy has been defeated.
I see the trend as going in a good direction for our nation's democracy. Although Democrats have outperformed expectations over Republicans over the past three national elections, I've been very nervous about the past two elections. I didn't think our democracy would have survived another four years of Trump. But he didn't and Republicans were foiled again in 2022. They have one more grab at the throat of democracy in 2024 and then the national demographic shift will make it so that elections will no longer be as close as you say. After 2024, it will go harder and harder for them each election after that.