Well, it wasn't a tsunami but I'll take the wins. The work continues but at least we can see some light now.
Florida may be very different next election cycle after passage of a ballot initiative that restores voting rights to those convicted of a felony.
That's about 1.4 million potential new voters. Key word, of course, is
*potential.* Also, there is nothing to say which way they vote.
I do see it as a problem that D's seem to be having trouble focusing on issues that are relevant and popular, for example: Why democrats didn't campaign more on Net Neutrality
Dems seem to think we live in the land of single issue voters. They pick one issue (this year, healthcare) and run on it.
Florida may be very different next election cycle after passage of a ballot initiative that restores voting rights to those convicted of a felony.
That's about 1.4 million potential new voters. Key word, of course, is
*potential.* Also, there is nothing to say which way they vote.
I do see it as a problem that D's seem to be having trouble focusing on issues that are relevant and popular, for example: Why democrats didn't campaign more on Net Neutrality
Dems seem to think we live in the land of single issue voters. They pick one issue (this year, healthcare) and run on it.
“We can never undo what we have done. We can never go back in time. We write history with our decisions and our actions. But we also write history with our responses to those actions. We can leave the pain and the damage in our wake, unattended, or we can do the work of acknowledging and fixing, to whatever extent possible, the harm that we have caused.”
— On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World by Danya Ruttenberg
— On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World by Danya Ruttenberg