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Ellen Thomas's avatar

Lewis, that seems like a strange conclusion here--NY is a non-swing state, and there was nothing remotely futile about making sure a Dem was elected to the House.

I share your frustration, having lived in a red state where my vote mattered not at all on any level except the local, but even that was important. No, Missouri, where I lived, is not going to vote for Biden, and probably is going to send the execrable Josh Hawley back to the Senate in a landslide, but, even with all that the GOP supermajority has done to limit local governments, it was still much better to live in a city run by liberals than in the vast neo-Confederate portions of the state.

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Dave Yell's avatar

My sympathies that your Senator is Hawley.My rep. is Tom "tea party" Emmer.Hence my empathy.

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Ellen Thomas's avatar

Thank you. That's WAS Hawley. I now share Klobuchar and Smith with you.

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Dave Yell's avatar

Sorry I forgot.I gotten to know so many Minnesotans and Wisconsinites from the Bulwark!

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Harley "Griff" Lofton's avatar

This is why Democrats need to be spending more time on Congressional and Senate and local races in the non-swing states than the Presidential race. Every single vote in the House matters!

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suzc's avatar

Not more than on Prez; just as much as, which means more time overall this year! We know now exactly what it means to send morons or ideologues or the demonic possessed, to Congress.

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