#vote midterms

[worrynoodle]

🔹️This is a great article on the benefits of reading [click me]

🔹️Reading leads students to infer the characters’ thoughts and feelings (McTigue et al., 2015). The fact that students need to understand the narrator and the primary and secondary characters’ different points of view promotes the development of cognitive empathy (Guarisco & Freeman, 2015; Lysaker & Sedberry, 2015).

🔹️"54% of adults (in the US) between the ages of 16 and 74 years old -- lack proficiency in literacy, essentially reading below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level" -Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy (2019)

There is a direct link between a lack of literacy and the way US Americans treat one another and how they vote. They lack empathy, they lack the literacy needed to comprehend what they're voting for, they demonize intellectualism, they demonize education, they ban books. This is a major major problem.

Censorship, book bans, defunding the department of education etc. Are all in the plans for these next four years (and beyond) this is only going to get worse.

If you are or know of an expert in this topic, I'd love to hear what you think would help this problem in the US on a national scale.

But for now, my unprofessional opinion is KEEP READING. Get physical copies of books if you can. Read banned books, read fiction with characters outside of your experiences etc. If you have family that struggles with this get them some easy books to start with, tell them about libby and hoopla. Try to be there for them and encourage good reading habits.

Buy books locally! Don't buy from Amazon (unless it's an indie author publishing through them). Amazon sells their books at a cut price to suffocate their competitors. If you can't afford the books at stores go to the library! (Or libby or hoopla)

Support your local library!

Discourage anti intellectualism just like the post above. (Another I've seen is discouraging the "sometimes the curtains are just blue argument" that also feeds into media illiteracy.)

Vote in local elections. Vote in midterms. Vote in major elections.

Get involved in your local school board and discourage book bans and censorship

Be kind to other people. Be an example of how that empathy pays off. (Don't be empathetic towards hate though, of course)

If you have more to add I'd love to hear it.

[someloudmouth]

To anyone considering not voting because of the Palestinian genocide, I have this to ask:

How many Palestinian people do you think you're helping by laying back and inviting the GOP to crush you under foot? Self flagellation didn't cure The Plague, and it won't fix this situation either.

If you don't like the idea of voting for Harris, I doubt I'll be able to change your mind, but consider this: 468 congressional seats out of a total 535 are up for re-election THIS NOVEMBER. You want to make the government start actually representing the will of the people? Start there.

We're living in frightening times, and apathy is a very comfortable state of being, but you need to act. If you don't, who will?

[captainjonnitkessler]

I firmly believe that any movement focused on how you *think* people should act instead of how they *actually* act is doomed to failure. In light of that I think it's clear that Democrats have failed to engage voters and drive turnout, and they desperately need a new strategy before 2026.

My sympathy for the absolute children who think it's a candidate's responsibility to get them "excited" about politics in exchange for spending the time to vote one day out of every 1460 instead of viewing being an educated voter as a civic responsibility is at an absolute fucking zero right now

[incorrectbatfam]

i'm just a few months too young to vote and i'm forever upset about that fact but! my best friend voted a couple days ago and i am so so proud of him!!

i thought you'd like this story! hope you're having a good day!🫶

You can't control your birthday so no fault to you. What you can do is be ready for next time. The 2026 midterm elections are just as important because you get to decide who represents you at the local, state, and Congressional level. Check here for how to register when you are eligible—in some states, you can pre-register at 16 or 17 and be automatically registered to vote when you turn 18

[thealogie]

I’m very much a “voting is just one small piece of this and both parties are bad etc” kind of person but sadly I’m having to accept most leftists who are disdainful of voting also don’t do shit the other days of the year. Like zero positive political impact.

[cormancatacombs]

[Image ID: A screenshot of a Blue Sky post by user Max Berger @ maxberger.bsky.social. It reads,

“Elections matter a great deal in semi-authoritarian regimes—especially the early ones before the authoritarian has destroyed legal institutions and free elections.

The 2026 election is going to matter an enormous amount.”

End of description.]

[cyarsk52-20]

The

@GOP IS MORALLY BANKRUPT! And so are the Americans that voted for them. Just like the Americans who enslaved a whole race of people and fought a war to continue doing so!

IDGAD what

@ErinMPerrine says, Americans voted for a corrupt & MORALLY BANKRUPT leader and

@GOP party! And this is why

@CNN owns this election - they legitimized a FELON/RAPIST by platforming morally bankrupt trump surrogates to make excuses for trump’s corruption & racism, 24/7! They slutted out for that felon rapist, please turn it off!

[tkw92]

A simplified explanation of why protest voting or abstaining from voting is a counterproductive tactic

[somerandomg33k]

You know, this point.......

At this point, I hope the Democrats to lie in the next election. Trump lie about what he would do about the economy. He told a better story.

Now, Trump is a Fascist. He is not better than Kamala. And his policies will be worse for the economy.

But I hope the Democrats will re-learn the lesson that lying during a campaign will help you win. Look at 2020. Biden lied about $2000 checks will be in the mail if the Democrats win both Senate elections in Georgia.

And Liberals are already fine with the Democrats lying about campaign promises. Because several Liberals told me, "I am not surprised we are only getting $1400." So they should lie about how they will fix the economy for the midterms.

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I was voting in the midterms and Bill Clinton was standing next to my voting booth screaming at me and ripping my Pride beads off my bag while I tried to vote.

[someloudmouth]

A lot of people are talking about the presidential election so I'd like to remind everyone that the president is not the be all end all.

Even if a perfect candidate, one who matches your morals and checks all your boxes, were to win the election, they would get nowhere with a Congress that's stacked against them. That's how the system is designed - Congress is meant to check the president's power. If Congress is full of people who support Israel, nothing substantial will be done to stop the Palestinian genocide, even with a president that supports Palestine.

87% of Congress is up for re-election in November and congressional elections happen every two years. Research your state's ballot and stay informed about local elections. That's how you take power back from the undeserving.

[weedle-testaburger]

the one silver lining there might be to that insane supreme court decision is that maybe people will get it through their skulls why they need to hold their noses and vote blue because of it. your choice in november is either an old idiot or a literal wannabe fascist dictator who is proudly proclaiming he'll issue a totalitarian crackdown on his political opponents if he wins

[gaynpc03]

...okay, but what if the US elections had a 100% under 22 turn out? wouldn't that be super cool? totally could have Harris as president by the end of the year

if internationally we had a higher number of youth vote, it wouldn't be that hard to shift the political climate.

[starishsky]

for 3 followers on twt

[cyarskj1899]

Now all of a sudden Tim Walz was a terrible pick. I hate you fuckers so much I stg! He was a great pick. Y'all were just too racist against Kamala and that's why she lost.

[cyarsk52-20]

yall really taught us blacks a lesson!! things are about to get so much better for palestine. did everyone get their starbucks this morning??

Seriously though I would say forever fq the free Palestine movement but thank to them there’s gonna be no Palestine to free and since there’s no freedom for Palestine there’s no need to say fuck the movement anymore and you can thank these bastards including those from Dearborn County who basically in revenge against Biden and Harris they ended up fucking over Palestine people and potentially causing their genocide and Gaza getting turned into the biggest beachfront resort.

black ppl warned you about this but you didn’t listen so now we’re going to be like this drinking our Starbucks coffee as the Gaza and Palestine suffers .

So when you Palestine ppl , or at least who’s still remaining learn about what happened to your country, remember the biiitches that claim to stand for you who frucked you over for a guy who was planning on getting rid of your arse because they can’t stand to see their country being ran by a OVERTLY QUALIFIED BLACK FEMALE.