Leftists want this republicans want that. It's almost as if they're all one person.
People who are power hungry come in all political flavours. The political ideology is just a means to an end to be exploited. Historically, globally, people from every political background have tried to manipulate votes through all sorts of different ways. The moment you start seeing it all as a problem with an ideology you don't like, you get stuck unable to see forest for the trees. You become part of the problem.