Mid-Terms

Just over a week to go before the mid-terms. Hurray! Just over a week to see an end to the ubiquitous tv and postal political smears. Hurray! I and a lot of others can’t wait.

We are reminded by the media that this will probably be a mid-term unlike any before. Why? Because the man in the Oval Office has sparked so much interest and anger that even those who seldom if ever go to the polls will go this time. Will it be that these previous non-voters are now knowledgeable about the people running and the issues involved? No. It will be because Donald Trump has brought them out like lemmings rushing to the sea. Some may vote for Republicans because they still believe he’s the answer to our nation’s ills, but far more will be voting against Republicans because of him. If in 2016 Trump won because so many voters were voting against Hillary Clinton and not necessarily for Trump, there will be an equal or greater number in 2018 voting against Trump and the Republican Party and men running against women. This will be the backlash against Trump’s egomania and fearmongering.

I envision a record voter turnout in this 2018 mid-terms. More than ever before, women, young people, Latinos, African-Americans, and LGBTers will be voting. I see many more women, African-Americans, and Latinos winning. And the Democrats will regain control of both the House and the Senate. Then we’ll see what they do with it. Change our nation’s direction under Trump? Or will it be more of the same old political inaction with empty promises and hands stuck firmly under buttocks?