• Sanctus@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I hope he does well. That is an issue I have never considered. That there might not even be a democratic candidate on the ballot in rural areas. Best of luck, if he means it, grass roots change in areas like that are exactly what we need.

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      3 months ago

      I’m in Lesser Carolina. On Tuesday we had an election. Two state level offices. Each one had an incumbent Republican running against a different Republican. The results were basically known before the election happened. So I went in and voted for the non-incumbent just to have something to do. I was the only voter at my place the whole time I was there.

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      3 months ago

      I live outside a decent sized metropolitan area in the Midwest. We currently have a black Democrat mayor. Outside of senators and congressmen. Democrats often don’t run for any offices in the area and the state. Outside of the top level ones mayor Etc. I leave large portions of our ballots here blank. Because our only choices are Fascist Republicans or liberals pretending to be Libertarians.