sharice davids just unseated a republican in the middle of fucking kansas becoming the first native american woman to serve in the us house of representatives and guess what SHE’S ALSO A LESBIAN
The Democrats won back the House, gained subpoena power, and can now serve as an actual check on 45. This is very very good.
So even if it wasn’t the “blue wave” a lot of people were hoping for, I want you to remember that the GOP no longer will hold as much power as they did. Lots of women were voted into office, LGBT+ candidates were voted into office, more POC were voted into office, two more Muslim women were voted into office, Florida voted to restore voting rights to over one million felons who have completed their terms of sentence, and Massachusetts voted to protect transgender rights. I know there was more but this is what stood out to me.
And right after I finished writing that I learned the GOP supermajority in NC is over and our Governor’s veto powers can now be sustained. And the Dems now hold a 5-2 majority on the state supreme court which means something might actually get done about our horrific gerrymandering and I totally just started crying. I think my anxiety just dropped about sixty pegs.
Despite the gerrymandering and very blatant voter suppression (i see you, Kemp), we did take steps in the right direction today. So take some deep breaths, take the next few days to yourself and get re-centered, and then keep going. Lean on your friends, treat yourself to something nice, come back with a vengeance. We’re in for a long fight.
As a preface to what I’m gonna say, I do in fact vote. I think that despite electoral politics being a rigged hellmachine there are material consequences (however minor) for workers and marginalized people that make dragging my ass to the polls worth it even if it’s never going to end any of the horrors of capitalism and all politicians are demons. Ok, got that out of the way.
Now THAT SAID, please listen to what people who don’t vote are saying. Listen to people who are saying they’re so disenfranchised by this system that they don’t see a point. Listen to people talking about how where they live their votes probably won’t be counted anyways. Don’t just scream them down and accuse them of being Russian bots or some shit. These are real problems that deserve attention and respect – and if your main strategy to mobilize voters is swearing at them on the internet you might want to rethink things.
So white women were the majority of voters and the majority went with Cruz.
Privileged White Women (PWWs) are a masochistic bunch who enjoy being chained to their upper middle-class comforts and want to keep their corporate republikan husbands happy because white male discontent breed divorce.
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