The process whereby totalitarian governmental control is attained makes no difference whatever to the result of such control, which history repeatedly illustrates is catastrophe and death.
The point is that you have no historical basis for such a claim.
But the Democrats are working openly toward a Leftist, Marxist, communist, and thus totalitarian, form of government where, as history has shown again and again, voting ceases to be anything more than a puppet-show of political freedom (if it happens at all). Already it is evident in the election-rigging that occurred in the last election in America and the Democrats's Leftist press to federalize control of elections, that the States - if it doesn't self-correct very sharply, very soon - will cease to have true, democratic, politically-meaningful elections.
This is all very partisan.
It is only a (very weak) claim that Democrats are working openly toward a Leftist, Marxist, communist, and thus totalitarian, form of government. If you asked the majority of Democratic government officials, they would deny it, as well as the majority of citizens who voted for them.
There is only a small minority of Americans that believe that the last election was rigged.
The Democrats have denied it.
The Courts have denied it.
The states (in many cases Republican) have denied it.
There's been no definitive evidence presented of such rigging.
The vast majority of Republican government officials have denied it.
The recounts that occured just confirmed the original election results.
The only folks who still claim that the election was rigged are Trump (the loser) ... and his amen corner.
I don't know what kind of democracy/republic you claim to defend ... when you wish to subject the opinion of the majority of the country ... to a small ragtag bunch of QAnon believers ...