Hear me out.

[Mortos]

I am notoriously bad at predicting elections. See my previous posts; Why Kerry Will Win, or Hillary, Our First Female President! But there is something non-tangible that is making me optimistic about this election.

There is nothing I can point to specifically that gives me hope. Recent polling shows Dems losing the House and probably the Senate. But I feel a strange sense of calm as we all wait for the polls to close and for ballots to be counted. I feel something that I can't explain, it is not confidence exactly; it is... a feeling of anticipation and faith that there is a silent majority who have grown tired of the relentless right-wing attacks on bodily autonomy, LGBTQ folks, the right to vote, social safety-nets, and democracy itself.

I am probably wrong (again). I will probably be disappointed (again). And I will probably be searching for a place to flee this goddamn country that I love because fascists and Trump cultists will have taken over. But maybe things will turn out alright. Maybe, we will be pleasantly surprised as the votes are counted.

Another thing I have noticed is my radical right-wing associates are on edge. They are talking about muskets, civil war, and violence if the election doesn't go their way. I think they are scared and are trying to convince themselves there is a red tsunami about to take place, but know, deep down, they are on the wrong side of history, and there is the very real possibility that the very same people they seek to marginalize; women, LGTQ, people of color, immigrants, the elderly, sick, poor, and politically opposed will quietly rise up and kick their aspirations of a conservative, white-supremacist, (anti) Christian theocracy to the curb.

I guess we shall see when ALL the votes are counted.

Please get out and vote no matter where you live or what the polls say. I live in one of the country's reddest, most right-wing states, and I still proudly, stubbornly cast my ballot this morning.

To quote Churchill at a time when another darkness and evil looked poised to defeat decent people, "Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never." And Bill Clinton, "I still believe in a place called hope."

Good luck, Democrats, and Godspeed.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

1. I'm really conflicted

The voices I trust are sounding the alarm. But I look at the results over the summer and the boost in registrations and I can't square those with the doomsayers.
I'm just gonna wait and see what happens.

[we can do it]

2. Same here.

[Mortos]

3. Part of my feels the same way

I am resigned to the fact that many Americans are factually ignorant and convinced to vote against their self-interest by liars and cons. But I am a lifelong Democrat, and part of that identity compels me to be hopeful, even in the face of almost predicted doom.

[Joinfortmill]

4. I'm with you. Decency & Democracy will prevail.

[Mortos]

5. I hope so

preferably sooner rather than later.

[Mortos]

6. I feel vindicated

I got one right.

Democrats did way better than expected. We held the Senate and will probably increase the number of seats by one after the Georgia runoff.

We still have a very, very thin path to holding the house.

The Republican party is eating it's own and damning Trump publicly.

This was a good election for Democrats and a terrible one for fascist assholes.