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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I keep hearing "I am in a BLUE STATE!!!! My VOTE does not matter." [View all]davidpdx
(22,000 posts)17. How about the disgusting job our party has done with gubernatorial races the last 5 years?
Out of 50 states we don't even have 20 Democrats as governors anymore. The last time we LED in the number of governors was 2009. At the beginning of next year my state will have had a Democrat for 29 years. So I ask you what the fuck is wrong with the party?
Our "voice" is but a cog in the wheel called Washington DC where money buys everything, most of all politicians from BOTH sides. If we don't get money out of politics, elections are going to not matter much anymore. How about starting to talk about that for a change instead you and your friends playing hall monitor?
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While voting definitely matters, not voting is a form of voting also. It is NOT a passive action.
still_one
Nov 2015
#2
'Stop giving away our voice.' And yet some here are trying to silence ours! nt
Live and Learn
Nov 2015
#7
I give you John Lewis on what it took for African Amerians to be able to vote.. no wonder
Cha
Nov 2015
#15