Washington Post:

Turnout in the midterm elections reached its second-highest peak in more than a century — only slightly behind the 2018 midterms, during President Donald Trump’s first term — with the greatest number of voters casting ballots in states… Continue reading

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  • rumimevlevi@sh.itjust.works
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    I never said that you mentioned progressives. I am saying that the more progressives win future elections and deliver on their promises, the more people who stopped voting will regain hope and participate.

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      Sounds like you’re saying Progressives are too stupid to vote in primaries unless they are lead by the hand.

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            Someone doesn’t remember when exactly that happened in 2016; the DNC ignored the voters and nominated their preferred candidate anyway.

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              According to official nationwide results, Hillary Clinton earned about 277,628 votes in the first primary and 17,176,331 total votes across all primary and caucus contests, while Bernie Sanders received about 460,030 votes in the first primary and 13,244,224 total votes

              Stop lying. It’s 2026 and information is pretty easy to access.

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            Many non voters literally voted this midterm because they trusted and believed in change so based on reality if there is more progressive trusted candidates even more people will vote for them but you prefer to complains.