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To An Important Midterm Election Day Not that most midterms aren't important in the states (in fact a lot of messes we get into as an electorate often stem from not caring about these elections) but fuckin hell if this one ain't a doozy because a flipped senate could actually be a ray of hope in the constant shitshow that is US Politics. I don't have any hopes in a "blue wave" actually happening; obviously I want that, but there's a loooooot of lingering worries: Right-leaning people tending to vote party line even if it's against their own interests (Left-leaning people do this significantly less) Democratic candidates have done more outreach to hypothetical "moderate" republicans they'll never actually court than they have their own base (or left-leaning individuals) Leftists (like me!!) are largely demotivated by having to choose the lesser of two evils repeatedly and just want someone who won't capitulate to the fascists out of an outdated sense of 'decorum' The usual…

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