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When Democrats Vote, We Win [1]

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Date: 2024-07-05  

I’ve heard and read multiple voting rights advocates say that Texas is neither a red state nor a blue state...it’s a non-voting state. Don’t get me wrong here, I’m not making a prediction that Texas is going to flip blue this year. I am, rather, pointing out that even in the Lone Star State, Republicans are holding onto their majority by a slim enough margin their power must be maintained by gerrymandering and vote suppression. Texas consistently has the lowest voter turnout or very close to it.

When Democrats vote, we win.

It’s not like Republicans don’t realize it. We don’t have all this gerrymandering and vote suppression by accident. There’s certainly no reason to let Republicans off the hook by pretending vote suppression is an unintended consequence of their deeply held principles. To the contrary, the principles Republican politicians, consultants, and strategists pretend to have are reverse engineered from their preferred outcome. In this case, how to get 50%+1 votes with policies few people want.

When Democrats vote, we win.

Now we have a massive number of voters who are primed to vote Democratic. The fall of Roe v Wade. End stage neoliberalism. Years of experience with Trump and widespread concern over the fascist movement he leads. A wildly out of control, corrupt, partisan majority of the Supreme Court. And on the other hand, a whole bunch of things that have gone well since a new tenant was signed for the White House. Environmental progress. Student loan forgiveness. Revitalized antitrust enforcements. Stronger support for worker rights including unionization than we’ve seen in two generations.

Republicans are getting desperate to maintain that red wall of minimized voter participation. So desperate they’ve turned to begging people not to vote.

When Democrats vote, we win.

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