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By Doug Enaa Greene
The midterm elections are over. The right-wing Republicans delivered a massive
defeat to the floundering Democrats across the board, regaining control of the
US Senate and grabbing governorships and statehouses across the country.Voter
turnout was incredibly low at 33.4 percent, with most people choosing to ignore
the spectacle of disgusting, corrupt politicians duking it out with each other,
making meaningless threats and promises. Few politicians wanted to be
associated with President Obama, who used this new electoral drubbing to
promptly ask for new authority for his expanding war in Syria and Iraq.
US voters are rightfully disdainful of the electoral process. Disenfranchised
Black and Latin@ voters stayed away from the elections in droves, even in
places where resurgent racist Jim Crow voting laws didn't prevent them from
exercising their rights. While the right-wing movement that the Republicans are
spearheading is indeed something we should pay attention to, it's actually a
good thing that so many people have turned their backs on the charade of pseudo
democracy that the US elections represent. Which is why it's surprising that
some leftists are still preaching the worn-out strategy of looking to liberal
Democrats as a way of building some kind of popular movement. As Joelle Fishman
of the Communist Party said to justify her party's capitulation to the
Democrats, “Defeating the extreme right wing in this election comes down to
voter turnout. This huge fight to get out the vote can result in a stronger
movement going forward.”
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