It’s Election Day
by David Atkins
By the way, today is election day for municipal and other races in various parts of the country. Chances are there’s something happening in your own backyard: a city council race, a school board race, a local initiative.
Some will sneer, but the joke’s on them: running in and winning just these sorts of races is part of how the Right established their dominance starting 40 years ago. It’s boring, it’s slow, and it isn’t sexy. But it is how change actually happens. The Right proved as much.
See what you can do to help turn out a few more voters. In a lot of these races, just 50 votes can mean the difference between a rabid anti-evolution teabagger and a decent human being getting on a local school board, or the difference between a councilmember that wants a volunteer fire department, and one who actually cares whether the people who respond to medical emergencies are actually trained to deal with them.
Also, now is about the time to start getting involved in Congressional, State Senate and Assembly races. Many of you will be stuck with incumbents, but many of you will also have a chance to make a difference in a contested primary race where you can help shape the direction of your local Democratic Party. Right about now is where the rubber meets the road for making changes to pull the Democratic Party to the left in your local area.
Seriously, give it a shot. You might just be surprised how good you can feel doing it, and how much difference you can really make.
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