Democrat Emily Gregory narrowly won the special election for the district Tuesday night, The Associated Press projects. Trump carried the area in 2024.
One theory for why Trump won is that he was so ridiculous that a lot of democrats thought there was no way he could win, so they stayed home on election day. I don’t know if that’s true exactly, but I know that democracy requires participation and traditionally the more people who actually vote in an election, the greater likelihood of a democratic win.
So yeah, I stand by my caution against complacency. No election is going to win itself, or win other elections, as implied by the dominoes metaphor. Our country will continue deteriorating until people who care actually fight, for real, in a prolonged, sustainable way. The other side never stops fighting.
I still say he could never win. No one in their right mind would vote for him. Any party that nominated him can only blame themselves for losing. But of course I voted. Always vote.
And he’s been even worse than the unelectable fooli thought he was, so WTF, people. But always vote
I agree. I’m just not sure celebrating one small win counts as complacency.
Edit: according to the angry downvoter, constant rage for 12+ years without any break is the only thing that keeps one from being “complacent”. It sure has helped us so far. We all know that trump won in 2024 not by mobilizing racists and confusing struggling people. Not that, it was because we laughed at some trump memes after he lost in 2020.
One theory for why Trump won is that he was so ridiculous that a lot of democrats thought there was no way he could win, so they stayed home on election day. I don’t know if that’s true exactly, but I know that democracy requires participation and traditionally the more people who actually vote in an election, the greater likelihood of a democratic win.
So yeah, I stand by my caution against complacency. No election is going to win itself, or win other elections, as implied by the dominoes metaphor. Our country will continue deteriorating until people who care actually fight, for real, in a prolonged, sustainable way. The other side never stops fighting.
I still say he could never win. No one in their right mind would vote for him. Any party that nominated him can only blame themselves for losing. But of course I voted. Always vote.
And he’s been even worse than the unelectable fooli thought he was, so WTF, people. But always vote
I agree. I’m just not sure celebrating one small win counts as complacency.
Edit: according to the angry downvoter, constant rage for 12+ years without any break is the only thing that keeps one from being “complacent”. It sure has helped us so far. We all know that trump won in 2024 not by mobilizing racists and confusing struggling people. Not that, it was because we laughed at some trump memes after he lost in 2020.