If we, as Democrats, are apathetic about the 2022 midterm elections,

[MineralMan]

we will lose, and lose badly. On the other hand, if we pull up our big boy pants and do the work required to overcome the shenanigans of the Republicans and truly get out the vote of every Democrat in every jurisdiction, along with making sure that everyone is registered and helped to make it to the polls, we can win, and win big.

Apathy and fatalism are our enemies in this. Doom and gloom are our enemies.

Start today. Start by talking to everyone you know about this. Help them to understand that they, too, must act to make sure we win and the right loses. Don't take no for an answer. Keep doing this all year, leading up to both the primary and general elections for every office on the ballot.

It's either that or we are just giving in to authoritarianism and regressive policies. Let's not do that again. Let's not make the mistake of being apathetic during midterm elections again.

Let's go for the win!

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. And I suggest the first thing each of us do is contact our reps ESPECIALLY if they are Democratic

House or Senate members and ask them to please push for a more aggressive approach to Covid and describe the republican party as a propaganda machine of hate and destruction.

Ask them to pressure our fine President to put more restrictions on flying and anything else that will help.

Ask them to try and get on ANY streaming or broadcast platform to show an URGENCY about our future in the face of MAGA and their desire to end democracy!

[secondwind]

2. I will check with the Embassy here to see if they will be letting Americans vote in

non-presidential year. Have not done this before... (am in Caribbean)

[gab13by13]

3. What the GQP did is not shenanigans, it is election rigging.

Ignoring what the GQP did is also fatalistic.

We need to both GOTV and pass 3 voter/election bills in the Senate. Chuck Schumer, let's go for the win.

[redstatebluegirl]

4. We have to make sure the candidates know

that if they think the 2020 election was stolen, we will not vote for them for ANY office, dog catcher, city council, state legislature. We need to get in their face publicly with that notion. Show up and ask the question "do you believe the 2020 election was stolen". Even in a bright red area, I would guess they would squirm a bit. Out them publicly!

[TheRealNorth]

7. My answer

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Q: What are we supposed to be voting FOR?

A: Democracy. And the right to vote in meaningful elections.

Simple as that for me. I might get pissed about some things that Democratic politicians do, but at least they all believe in Democracy and protecting people's rights regardless of religion, skin color, or political beliefs. Republicans want to crush us under an iron heel.

[qazplm135]

9. Sometimes you vote against not for

If you aren't deathly afraid of Republicans taking over then you aren't paying attention.

[Pantagruel]

10. Agreed. Framing the vote is critical.

Remind people that a vote for any GOP candidate essentially is a vote to crown Trump King.That should motivate our voters and give at least some marginal pause to a small slice of GOP stalwarts?

[qazplm135]

12. I'm skeptical

Republicans are wired to vote against, we are wired to vote for.

[Budi]

6. We're not giving up, so much as being shut up, shut out, shut down.

Media decides whose voice is heard & it's not ours.

[TheRealNorth]

8. That's true....

If you're not from some small town in the Midwest, it's like your political opinion doesn't exist.

[JHB]

13. And if you ARE from some small town in the Midwest, but are...

...a blue dot in a red area, they don't ask your opinion either.

[uponit7771]

18. This isn't true, we don't flood info mediums like we should and the M$M isn't even the most popular

... by far.

We need to look up when it comes to controlling our message

[Budi]

21. We don't flood soc media with botnets & troll farms from abroad either.

[uponit7771]

31. RIGHT !! We can do the same but with facts and reality

[allegorical oracle]

11. We can't afford apathy, but

It's concerning that so many -- on both left and right -- are forecasting a near-certain takeover by the Rs in the midterm. Listening to such a prediction on my car radio, today, it struck me that IF the Dems do hold the majority, a year of predictions that Republican are certain to win will serve only to fuel the crazies' notion that any win by Dems is a rigged election.

[DFW]

29. Don't let a forecast become a self-fulfilling prophecy

“Many people are saying” is merely Republicanese for “we’d like to convince the voting public that…”

Like the song goes, “it ain’t necessarily so.”

[wellst0nev0ter]

14. The apathy/nihilism adjustment can start with Manchinema

[Budi]

22. Omg. This began long before Manchin or Sinema became the go-to blame.

The apathy/nihilism adjustment has been presenting itself loud & clear before these 2 entered the pic.

There are plenty of names, pols & podcasters blasting this thought proccss 24/7 at the country.

You're seriously blaming it all on just those 2 people?

Jfc

[wellst0nev0ter]

23. You're right. We'll just blame the next electoral on Defund or Antifa or something

[Budi]

25. LOL. No lets just shove the entire blame for the failure of our Democratic process on ...ummmm...

2 fking people.

Wow.
🙄

[wellst0nev0ter]

26. As long as it is not the Dem leadership

In charge of our electoral strategy

[Budi]

27. 2 people. That's all you came up with. I can name 6.

Have to check cuz I was sure you were on my ignore list.

[wellst0nev0ter]

28. Those two people are certainly the biggest problem

[qazplm135]

35. I mean

The Dem leadership in the House passed both bills on BBB and voting, the white house leadership continues to push those two senators and the Senate leadership keeps pushing them so yeah not really the Dem leadership at all.

[wellst0nev0ter]

36. I guarantee you they did not use all the tools they had to pass BBB

It was apparent to us in real time that the strategy they used for BBB was failing and continues to fail.

[qazplm135]

37. The strategy folks

Want to pursue is to get revenge not actually change their minds.

[BlueIdaho]

17. All elections have consequences

If anyone thinks we can sit out even one election, they need to have their head examined. Elections have serious consequences - each and every one of them.

Let’s get to work.

[msfiddlestix]

19. probably apathy may not be exactly the description, more like depressed/despondent

something more or less along those levels.

But I always vote, regardless of how I'm "feeling" .

[Wounded Bear]

20. Indeed! We need to continue the 2018-2020 waves...

and build on them.

[Autumn]

24. If Democratic leadership and elected Democrats can't pull up their big boy pants

and do the work required to overcome the shenanigans of the Republicans who are passing legislation right and left to stop people from voting, and getting rid of the fillibuster would do a lot then what do you expect from we Democratic voters who show up every election and work to GOTV? I think it may be illegal to drag people to the polls to force them to vote

[DFW]

30. This midterm is an either-or

Don’t hand me the standard divisive labels of progressive, moderate, Justice, squad or whatever.

This time, it’s a simple flip of the coin: Democratic majority, we win, Republican majority, we lose. It really IS that simple.

[MineralMan]

32. Exactly!

[rockfordfile]

33. I agree

[AZProgressive]

34. I've already been donating to Warnock & Kelly

I also donated to Charles Booker. I have done my part for years. Unfortunately I can’t elect any extra Democrats. I can only vote for the ones we already have and Manchin wasn’t one of them.

Unfortunately I did vote for Sinema in 2018 but I will address that in 2024