I’m aware of the frustration. As someone who has been active in politics and to the left of the Democrats since the 90s, I blame the voters. Democrats get 20% attendance in midterm elections, and even less in primaries, yet people always complain that nothing changes. You know who never misses an election? The elderly. I’m always the youngest volunteer there.
The state of our nation is a direct result of complacency and apathy, and the same people who don’t vote are the loudest critics. It’s pathetic.
You know why the Dems only get 20% attendance? Because election days are days that people have to work, and older people are much more likely to be in a more secure financial position and job, increasing the likelihood that they can take the time to vote. And that’s before you even get into voter suppression tactics that are all designed to make it harder for leftists to vote, and then on top of that you can add the piss poor political education we get here (in terms of everything from candidates and what they stand for to when voting days are and where you go to vote).
The system is built to make exercising your right to vote as hard as possible, and the MAGA cultists have pushed it as much as they can in their favor. Another perfect example is the fact that I need an account to view that NYTimes article, but I can view as many Fox News articles as I could ever want for free (not that I would want to).
The people who only turn out once every four years are one thing, and the systemic issues that hurt voter turnout are another, but the fact remains that the Dems criticized Trump’s cabinet picks up and down, but still voted 100% in favor of the first two and it wasn’t until they got thousands upon thousands of angry phone calls that that started changing. It wasn’t until like the 6th cabinet pick that the Dems were voting 100% against.
When a black man got into office, the Republicans stonewalled and shut down the government over and over for a decade. When a fascist got into office, the Dems clutched their pearls over the handful of their own willing to filibuster and call a spade a spade because of “decorum.”
And this is why they’re making it even harder to get access to mail-in ballots. In places where Dems have made it easy to get and use them, they get tons of use. In Republican-controlled areas, they make it hard to get them because they’re used largely by left-leaning voters.
That’s false. They voted against most of the candidates. Republicans had majority with Vance as the tiebreaker.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/01/29/us/politics/trump-cabinet-confirmations-tracker.html
I’m aware of the frustration. As someone who has been active in politics and to the left of the Democrats since the 90s, I blame the voters. Democrats get 20% attendance in midterm elections, and even less in primaries, yet people always complain that nothing changes. You know who never misses an election? The elderly. I’m always the youngest volunteer there.
The state of our nation is a direct result of complacency and apathy, and the same people who don’t vote are the loudest critics. It’s pathetic.
You know why the Dems only get 20% attendance? Because election days are days that people have to work, and older people are much more likely to be in a more secure financial position and job, increasing the likelihood that they can take the time to vote. And that’s before you even get into voter suppression tactics that are all designed to make it harder for leftists to vote, and then on top of that you can add the piss poor political education we get here (in terms of everything from candidates and what they stand for to when voting days are and where you go to vote).
The system is built to make exercising your right to vote as hard as possible, and the MAGA cultists have pushed it as much as they can in their favor. Another perfect example is the fact that I need an account to view that NYTimes article, but I can view as many Fox News articles as I could ever want for free (not that I would want to).
The people who only turn out once every four years are one thing, and the systemic issues that hurt voter turnout are another, but the fact remains that the Dems criticized Trump’s cabinet picks up and down, but still voted 100% in favor of the first two and it wasn’t until they got thousands upon thousands of angry phone calls that that started changing. It wasn’t until like the 6th cabinet pick that the Dems were voting 100% against.
When a black man got into office, the Republicans stonewalled and shut down the government over and over for a decade. When a fascist got into office, the Dems clutched their pearls over the handful of their own willing to filibuster and call a spade a spade because of “decorum.”
Sign up for mail-in ballots if you don’t have control over your schedule.
And this is why they’re making it even harder to get access to mail-in ballots. In places where Dems have made it easy to get and use them, they get tons of use. In Republican-controlled areas, they make it hard to get them because they’re used largely by left-leaning voters.