And to that State and Local has not been as futile and in many cases, those elections are the same time as Federal/Presidential.
If you sit out the Presidential are you also sitting out the state and local ? Many are
Without local voters who put Keith Ellison into office then Chavin doesn't even get tried much less convicted because the Minneapolis DA wasn't even going to charge.
State and local can put people that look like us and people whose agenda reflects ours into power to make changes
mayor chooses police chief
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Police Chief sets policing policies
DA determines if and what charges are filed
The danger is apathy and that apathy is fostered by the narratives that voting doesn't make a difference and that they are all the same and then they point to shit to confirm that belief.
They don't make distinctions and they don't offer reforms in how we as a people vote.
IT is true that democrats take our votes for granted because they are incrementally better than the right but they can only do this because we allow them too.
We sat back and allowed Biden to be selected to represent us and to be the choice force fed to us and the told the lesser of two evils is the way to go.
And we had idiots tell us that any other candidate whose policies ould enhance us weren't good choices cause it isn't just for us. And there are unrealistic bars set t challenge the establishment pick of Biden. And now Biden is there and won't even speak of anything that might benefit us
And of course, they have already started with the Harris bullshit. She was a DA who did her job.. Now she is a powerless figurehead that can break tie votes....I'm willing to listen to her before deciding.Y'all ran to Biden because he said operations study might be possible and now he is maintaining Trump policies unless forced to change them...YOu forcing or sitting back saying I told you so.
You got black communities with white politicians, white DAs ,white Police .....Get the fuck off your asses
A state with one of the highest African American percentages in the country, but none have been elected since 1890.
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