#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.”

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[queerism1969]

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[starishsky]

for 3 followers on twt

[azeutreciathewicked]

When you're ready, watch this so we can get to work.

Planning and preparation for the 2026 and 2028 elections starts today. Same goes for ballot measures and other issues that go on the ballot. It takes a lot of work to get people and issues on ballots, and there are people getting in gear as we speak. Find your issue or candidate and go help!

Watch what you say and how you say it, and where and to whom. Vent privately, go ahead and do your dooming to close friends. But be very aware of where what you say online goes and who else sees it. Bad feelings are contagious; don't be a carrier.

[cyarskaren52]

WW still do NOT GET IT! You’re still trying to “not all” & “not me” this demand for INDIVIDUALISM is part of W supremacy every other group gets treated like a collective except yall even when you need to be which is what’s happening right now. It’s uncomfortable to hear because

2) uncomfortable to hear because you aren’t used to it which is the crux of the damned problem. You need to be ACTIVELY DOING ANTI RACIST WORK IN YOUR FAMILIES & COMMUNITIES WE NEED COLLECTIVE ACTION FROM YOU NOT symbols. YOU HAVE TO HAVE HARD CONVERSATIONS & DO CONVERSION

3) NOBODY ELSE CAN DO THIS FOR YOU. WE DONT LIVE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS & THEY DONT LISTEN TO US ANYWAY. I KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO SAY THEY DONT LISTEN TO ME EITHER WELL MAKE THEM ITS NOT A ONE AND DONE THIS IS GENERATIONAL WORK

4) SOME OF U CLAIM TO B FEMINIST SO I HAVE AN ANALOGY a woman recently complained that 1 man at a table full of men made a sexual comment to her underage daughter & not 1 of the other man said ANYTHING the permission structure that allows that is on ALL MEN like this is on ALL WP

5) if you understand why women choose BEAR you should understand why Black people will too 🤷🏾‍♀️ IF YOU STILL CRAVE INDIVIDUAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT & ALLY COOKIES FIND WW who have evolved BEYOND THAT POINT and let them help you along. That ain’t my ministry. End

Epilogue WHITE PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO COME TOGETHER WHEN ITS TIME TO CLOSE RANKS ON OTHER GROUPS SO YES YALL CAN FIGURE THIS THE FUCK OUT 🤷🏾‍♀️

I’m not getting backstabbed the fourth time around okay so unless yall wake up and break away from yt supremacy, you yts fix it!

[suraemoon]

I beg beg beg all Americans who see this to please

VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS 💙

This is the way to get horrible people out of power. This is the way to make a change.

Whenever the U.S. Presidential election rolls around, I always see people saying “Why are these our only options?” “How did we end up with these two candidates?”

Midterm elections do not get the proper attention they deserve but are incredibly important. The government is bigger than whatever one person ends up in the oval office. Are you happy with your state’s senators? Are you happy with your district’s representative? Ask yourself these questions and vote when the midterms come around. It has more of an impact than you think.