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In reply to the discussion: Does it scare you? [View all]

wildeyed

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6. I lost faith in many of my fellow citizens after they voted for GWB that second time.
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 07:56 PM
Aug 2016

And I have been actively working to beat them at the ballot box ever since. Sometimes with campaigns, but the majority of my time is spent doing GOTV and voter education for c3 groups for traditionally underrepresented communities. Those communities also have the sense not to vote for politicians like GWB and Trump when they do turn out to vote, so it is win for everybody, IMO. I get to work actively against atrocious politicians and simultaneously hold the "good" ones accountable to these communities when they do win.

The Trump thing is unbelievable. I mostly just roll my eyes and try not to think about the why of that too hard since it makes my brain cook.

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