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Jo Burns's avatar

Yep, blue dot in a red extremely gerrymandered state. I haven't felt my vote has counted in 20 years. With the gerrymandering and electoral college antiquities....yeah, not much of a voice, but I pick myself up and get to the polls for every election and primary. Why? Because the answer to my question is no if I don't ask it, so I endeavor to do whatever I can. Plus, I enjoy being that thorn in the side.

Sleep well!

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Ajhview's avatar

Excellent article- especially resonated with, “Because too many Democratic consultants live in a bubble of coastal donor galas… Instagram virtue signaling…and milquetoast polling memos. Tough pill to swallow? Many of the most needed truths…are.”

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Keith E. Cooper's avatar

While I agree with your assessment, one thing I noticed was the effect of a few Democratic voters who thought, "No one will vote for Trump, again!" How wrong they were.

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Wendy Desjarlais's avatar

I do blame those that actually voted for Agent Orange. Sorry. I live in a very red state and I still got my butt out to vote even though it was futile. But I did tons of other actions to get voters out to vote in areas that counted in this broken system. I don't blame Kamala. I listened to her words. She was speaking about those in the lower class, small business owners, home ownership, how dangerous this felon was. I am angry, and I refuse to blame democrats. I am sick of talk blaming democrats. MAGA fell for the con man. He had a history of how many thousand lies? That, and untrustworthy propaganda media which (by the way MAGA voters aren't intelligent enough to discern) is the real fake news. Do we "dumb down" the message? These idiots won't listen until the consequences bite them and even then don't. So yes, I blame them for being stupid. If they come to their senses and realuze they were conned, I could forgive.

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