blue_wave2024@startrek.website to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoTennessee Woman Overcome With Emotion After Seeing Early Voter Turnout Like Never Beforewww.comicsands.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down114
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minus-squaremacattack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·7 days agoIt’s great to see people do their civic duty. A part of me does wonder whether civic engagement is as laudable when people are voting for others’ rights to be taken away. Let me refrain from being a negative Nancy tho
minus-squarelengau@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 days agoFortunately she’s in Davidson county, which is very blue. After 2020 the Republican state legislature redistricted in a way that cracks Nashville (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee’s_congressional_districts#/media/File%3ATennessee’s_Congressonal_Districts_(2023-).png). That got Nashville voters pretty pissed.
It’s great to see people do their civic duty. A part of me does wonder whether civic engagement is as laudable when people are voting for others’ rights to be taken away. Let me refrain from being a negative Nancy tho
Fortunately she’s in Davidson county, which is very blue. After 2020 the Republican state legislature redistricted in a way that cracks Nashville (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee’s_congressional_districts#/media/File%3ATennessee’s_Congressonal_Districts_(2023-).png). That got Nashville voters pretty pissed.