#u.s. elections

[liberaljane]

When you vote, you’re not just voting for a candidate - you’re also voting for a child’s education, policing and public safety, affordable housing and rent, public transit and more 🚌 #Roevember Your vote matters. 💓 Many election outcomes are razor-thin, and your ballot can decide who makes the laws that impact your life and your community. Don't forget to vote, and if possible, vote early!

#roevember #voting #midterms #u.s. elections #vote #gotv #reproductive rights #voting rights #voter turnout #voter disenfranchisement #elections

[poetry-protest-pornography]

Here's the deal about voting tomorrow, friends:

Do it. Just freaking vote.

I know that everything feels like an uphill battle, and that it doesn't even feel like we're close to winning, but that's by design.

The "conservatives" spent decades getting their people in place to get rid of Roe, to Gerrymander districts to hell and back because that's the only way they win, to make it harder for people of color to vote, to put themselves in the position to threaten LGBTQ youth and families. To make it okay to threaten Jews on national television. Decades.

And it happened because the hard-line conservatives all freaking vote.

So, we have to, too. We've gotta show up at the polls for the local Board of Education, because that's what keeps "Don't Say Gay" bills out of our schools. 

We've gotta show up to vote for local District Attorneys, because they can decide whether to prosecute you for your miscarriage.

And for the love of every other person on this planet, show up to vote tomorrow, because if we lose the majority, we lose every bit of progress we have made in the last 20 years. 

(And please don't come at me about how the majority hasn't helped us, what we have now is not a majority that let's is do a damned thing until we get rid of the filibuster, and y'all damn well know it.)

Just fucking vote.

#vote #u.s. politics #u.s. elections

[pythiaswine]

"i dont want to vote trump or biden bc they both suck" VOTE THIRD PARTY THEN!! If we don't all do it, it reinforces the idea that our votes don't matter. if you vote for one over the other, they think they can get away w the two party system. if you don't vote at all, they won't even know the difference because they'll still have a winner and no third-party contenders. if you want the electoral college gone, VOTE THIRD PARTY! they won't listen until we make them. this is called political efficacy. stop believing it's hopeless bc that is how they have the power to keep making decisions that the people don't agree with.

#voting #u.s. house of representatives #u.s. politics #u.s. supreme court #u.s. senate #2024 elections #us elections #u.s. elections #fuck the elites #electoral college #political #politics #us politics #donald trump #joe biden #democrats #republicans #political efficacy

[science-fiction-is-real]

"But what do I DO?"

With the u.s. presidential election coming up you will hear a lot of talk about how important it is to vote for Democrats, while you will hear others ranting and raving about how wicked and vile the Democrats are and how the left should not support them.

I'm not going to tell you which of those is right. Vote for Biden if you want. I don't give a crap. Hell. Vote for Trump. Vote for Cornell West. Write in "Leon Trotsky" or "Harry Potter" for all I care.

But regardless of if you vote or who you vote for, it's very clear that voting isn't actually going to fundementally change the problems we are facing. It could theoretically make the problem slightly less bad. But making things slightly less bad should not be our final goal.

The next question is "okay so if voting isn't going to solve the problem, what will? What can I actually do that will actually make a difference?"

I will tell you.

Join a revolutionary socialist organization.

Become a dues paying member.

Regularly attend branch meetings.

Regularly participate in organizational activities.

Those four things are the best way you can make a difference right there. We can't organize the poor, the working class, the marginalized without building up actual organizations. Nothing will get done without at the very least getting people on the same email list.

Join an org.

Why a revolutionary org?

Because we have been trying the reformist route for centuries. It isn't working. Every time we win major reforms, the ruling class just waits in the wings, biding its time, until it can eventually rip those reforms back. We lost roe v wade. The New Deal welfare state had been eviscerated. Legalistic reforms are not a permanent solution.

Revolutionary orgs also focus on the only tactic that works, which is grass roots organizing that empowers actual communities to use their collective strength. Revolutionary orgs do not beg and plead for politicians and businesses to do the right thing. They mobilize the masses of working people to hold a gun to the ruling classes head and FORCE them to do the right thing.

How do you know an org is revolutionary?

First of all, revolutionary orgs will often TELL you they are revolutionary orgs.

And second. Revolutionary orgs spend very little time concentrating on government-sanctioned activity such as writing to congressmen, running in elections, or lobbying congress. They concentrate on actual grass roots activism such as protests and labor union organizing. This is how political change actually happens. It is how political change has always happened. The only time we ever win any changes that impact people are when working class people are mobilized in large numbers and are posing a threat to people in power.

If you want to join a revolutionary org, and aren't sure how to find one,

I recommend checking out International Socialist Alternative.

They are active all over the world. Any person in any country, state, or province can join. Even if there are no socialist alternative members in your region they will still organize with you and help you engage in actual activism.

Here is the website for the international organization:

https://internationalsocialist.net/en/

Here is the website for the United States chapter:

https://www.socialistalternative.org/

And here is the website for the England Wales and Scotland chapter:

https://socialistalternative.info/

You do not have to sit back and watch the ruling class inflict evil upon us. You do not have to resign yourself to voting in elections once every few years hoping and praying the new politician will be slightly less vile than the previous one. You CAN fight back.

But you cannot fight by yourself.

Join an org.

#socialism #communism #social justice #u.s. elections #politics #progressive politics #leftism #left politics #make a difference

[ascii-bunny]

#2024 election #tr*mp #b*den #gift of foresight #u.s. elections #u.s. politics #u.s. presidents #crimes #old men fighting #polls #voting #tumblr polls #democracy #joe biden #donald trump #apollo #prophecies

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

At the time of posting this (00:48 GMT, Saturday, 19 November, 2022), the election results for the United States House of Representatives stands at:

218 Republican,

212 Democrat,

5 Not Yet Decided.

It sucks that the Republicans will officially control the House agenda, come January, because they’ll have the majority.

But I can’t help gleefully imagining their angst if the final 5 House seats all go to the Democrats, and they hold the majority by just one vote. I don’t think they’d have as much power as they were hoping for.

#U.S. Elections #us midterm elections

[thoughtsafter3am]

And like clockwork, the clock hit 7PM on Election Day and I’m already nauseous as I doom scroll looking for races to be called.

#u.s. elections #2022 midterm elections

[redshift-13]

#vote #u.s. elections

[gwydionmisha]

#Election #Jennifer McClellan #U.S. Elections #U.S. Politics #News

[fandom-hoarder]

Even all the local races. Even the fucking school boards, anti-CRT all over the state. GOP and mostly old white faces all around. We still have the same fucking sheriff and House reps. I hate everything

#u.s. elections

[virgo-79]

I'm going to be a nervous wreck waiting for election results to come in.

#u.s. politics #u.s. elections #midterms #2022 elections #i already have knots in my stomach and the polls haven't even closed

[whilomm]

you know its very frustrating reading a thread thats detailing the ways texas has increased voter suppression for this election espec targeting college age kids (reducing voting places on campus espec early voting and espec on historically black campuses, changing the rules for mail voting, making it illegal to do a day or two of 24 hour voting, no drive thru voting, etc) and there are STILL dipshits in the comments saying "YOU KIDS NEED TO GO VOTE"

motherfucker unless youre signing up to help carpool ppl to and from the early voting sites 13 miles from campus shut the fuck up, you were literally Just Told that youth turnouts probs gonna be down for concrete reasons.

idk i know that some ppl are just utterly convinced that its as simple as yelling "JUST GO VOTE" and absolutely refuse to listen to legit stuff like "hey if the democrats want ppl to vote for them maybe they should actually Do Shit and prove its worth it", but christ even when theyre told "yea some ppl due to changing rules might not have realized they needed to do xy and z a month ago and now their only way to vote is driving 6 hours home from college" and theyre still just yelling ".....OKAY. VOTE!!!!!"

#voting #u.s. elections #voter suppression #voter registration #buzzy #it wasnt too hard for me but im in Austin so that probs effects it #15 min line right beside the boba place

[wausaupilot]

Be Our Guest: Law Day - Voices of democracy in times of change

By Dean R. Dietrich, president, State Bar of Wisconsin Voices of Democracy is the American Bar Association’s theme for Law Day (May 1). This year, the theme encourages Americans to participate in the 2024 elections by deepening their understanding of the electoral process; discussing issues in honest and civil ways; turning out to vote; and, finally, helping to move the country forward after…

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#American Bar Association #American democracy #Be Our Guest #Dean Dietrich #democratic process #Law Day #opinion #Pew Research Center #U.S. elections #Voices of Democracy

[dicapiito]

#us politics #u.s. elections #and he got two more states AND Federal trials? #lolol well that’s one way to get his ass l

[tparesh68]

Voter demographics in us elections

General understanding of the key demographic factors that are often analyzed in US elections: 1. Age: Voter demographics often include breakdowns by age groups, such as 18-24, 25-34, 35-44, and so on. 2. Gender: Analysis by gender helps understand voting patterns among men and women. 3. Race and Ethnicity: This includes categories such as White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino,…

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[freesidexjunkie]

I'm gonna get political for a second abt the election so if you don't wanna read it pls just skip, I get it and I don't care

But I feel like this election is going to be a disaster and could very well be what does us in. Biden supports genocide, the Democratic Party cares about nothing but getting votes and consolidating power. I agree. I am very much in agreement and I will never stop speaking out against them for that.

But like literally everyone has said at this point: Trump is so much worse. He will actively relish in supporting genocide. He has admitted to wanting to overthrow the government and set himself up as the only person with power. He will be so infinitely worse for everyone.

I'm not saying anyone should blindly support Biden or democrats, because they are being horrendous and we should hold them accountable for their actions. But it feels like no one remembers 2016 anymore. Hillary was a terrible and very weak candidate, but the DNC shoehorned her in anyways. We knew we didn't want Trump but we split those votes between her and multiple third party candidates anyways. We wanted so badly to affect change but we couldn't get on the same page, and we rolled out the red carpet for four of the worst years most of our generation has lived through.

What scares me even more is the piss poor job of campaigning Biden is doing. Last year (or the year before?) in Virginia, we held elections for governor. Our incumbent was a Democratic candidate who was a really shit candidate; he was in hot water over racist shit surfacing from college and he really didn't seem to do too much as governor. He got shoehorned in as the candidate anyways, running against a very pro-Trump, MAGA aligned Republican. The incumbent's entire campaign hitched on nothing more than "we can't let the other guy win!" They got complacent assuming that, in the aftermath of 2016, no one would risk letting another candidate like that win. The Republican candidate, however, campaigned like crazy and promised fantastical things to his supporters. It's not hard to guess who won. The new governor has come after our education system hard, trying to wipe out anything he doesn't like from the curriculum and trying to make the state's schools less safe for LGBT students. Our incumbent was a weak candidate, yes, but he wasn't actively harming us in these ways.

Biden is setting his campaign up the exact same way, and I feel like I'm watching the sequel to a shitty movie I didn't wanna see the first time. He's not going to do the hard work of actually convincing us that he is a good candidate. And that's sad, because he has actually made some quality-of-life achievements in his presidency before this. He could campaign on those. He could listen to his constituents about Palestine. But he's not going to, because the Democratic Party thinks bashing Trump is a viable campaign strategy.

The other side of this election is unified and passionate. I am terrified of what will happen if Trump wins. I am terrified that the entire country will never be a safe place again. I am terrified that he won't let us vote him out again in four years. I am terrified that our collective "that could never happen here" attitude is what's going to doom us all.

My main point is: keep fighting against genocide. Keep fighting against injustice and corrupt politicians and power seeking party behavior. But please, for the love of everything that matters, don't make it harder by letting Trump take power again.

#politics #u.s. politics #us politics #us elections #u.s. elections #2024 elections