11-08-2018, 01:22 AM
(11-07-2018, 03:26 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: I wish I could have more faith in people in "Red" America... but at this point I see enablers of the most crooked, crazy, and corrupt political actors possible. That's politics, and it is true that politics alone can rarely solve anything.
Quote:Eric the Green
Horrible election. older whites vote, young people don't. Red states and counties in the vast heartland only vote for their guns, lower taxes and regulations, and religious dogmas.
My own state's voters ousted Democrat Senator McCaskill for the Republican Hawley, it is true. But---
Missouri voted to legalize medical marijuana.
Missouri voted to increase the minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2023.
And they voted in favor of Clean Missouri (Amendment 1), a proposal which would attempt to resolve the state's gerrymandering problems by putting the drawing of districts in the hands of a professional state demographer, selected by bipartisan state leaders. All records about redistricting, including legislators’ e-mails, would become publicly available documents. Amendment 1 also includes a ban on lobbyist gifts to lawmakers and a reduction on campaign contribution limits.
Go figure.