Zeb LarsonI feel like I see a lot of older liberals talk about how voter apathy is the enemy and not gerrymandering or voter suppression. It fascinates me. Do they just not want to admit to themselves that the game is rigged? I vote in every single election, but I live in a heavily gerrymandered state that lives under one-party rule and have no illusions about how powerful my vote is.
Catherine Schmidt@Zeb_Larson being an “older liberal”, I know it is both. The percentage of Americans that vote in any elections is disgraceful. In the 2022 election only 49% of people voted in my county in Texas. Meaning 25% decided for the entire county who won.
@lillyfinch But what congressional district do you call in? Or state legislative districts? How competitive are they? Can the municipal races meaningfully exert political power? Here in Ohio, the state legislature was trying to block Cleveland from building bike lanes at one point because they just didn’t like it. And if everybody did show up, would they all be Democrats? It’s easily to fall into the trap of thinking that we’re the only ones on the sidelines.
@Zeb_Larson Texas….I am in Texas…….and a democrat….