To be fair, a sign of a functioning democracy is people working together for the country. You won’t get anywhere with an us vs them mentality 100% of the time.
This isn't a Democracy, it's a Republic. With that in mind, I don't want wolves voting against sheep on the dinner menu, I want representation and the Rule of Law for all.
As for functioning, well, let's have a fair and uncorrupted election and counting of the legitimate ballots, and we'll see what is or isn't functioning.
The days of us all wanting the same thing but differing on how to get it ended with LBJ pushing the 'Great Society'. We don't even work from the same dictionary any more.
Pull up a second and take a look at what the Democrats do.
They come in with a wild-eyed wish list of insane demands and a full-on adversarial attitude.
Anything not on their list is considered "extreme right wing" and that's how their fellow travelers in the mainstream press present it.
IF there is some serious opposition to the Democrat agenda, when the dust settles, the Democrats have very vocally, amidst of all sorts of pejorative references to the Republicans, obtained all they really wanted, and sometimes more.
That 'Us vs. Them' mentality works for them.
It's time to fight fire with fire.
The Republicans need to not only study the tactics and strategies of their opponents, but to emulate those tactics where effective. There is an entire internet out there that would be ablaze with rally cries if the GOP would only provide some opposition--and while the internet has not always been a factor so much, the call for opposition has been echoing for the past 40 years.