Americans crossed generations, races, and party lines to reject the politics of hate. They voted for a country that costs less, opens more doors, and treats neighbors better. Now they expect delivery.
Amen to this - this should be a public service announcement. It’s been bothering me seeing Dem leaders scrambling to take all the credit and I haven’t heard any of them thank the voters, especially our minority communities and even those who crossed over - fed up Republicans! - who voted for democratic candidates. It’s an opportunity to keep them voting with us! Let’s give thanks to all voters/ let’s recognize them. Thank you for writing this piece. It was needed.
Although we haven’t flipped any seats yet in Louisiana (we have a run-off for two congressional seats in December, but they are both majority Republican districts thanks to their gerrymandering) Black voters in particular did a great job of making sure they took others to the polls with them. Here in Louisiana Gary Chambers, kept prodding us to get more voters to the polls. Organizers for Indivisible Baton Rouge canvassed, and worked their butts off trying to get Jamie Davis to win a Senate seat. He only lost by 25,000 votes. One individual I know had enough postcard parties that she mailed off 10,000 postcards to voters, and of course many others were writing postcards, too. Indivisible NOLA, Indivisible Northshore, and Metairie Indivisible had No Kings events designed to get people to vote early and we broke early voting records here in Louisiana. Louisiana voters came out in droves! We still have a lot of registered voters who are not engaged, but we set a record for early votes and I believe for number of votes in general. We had 536,189 votes in 2026 and 292,213 in 2008 when Obama first ran for President. Every parish moved left. Jefferson parish, a suburb of New Orleans and home of Steve Scalise and previous home of David Duke, flipped blue. So we made some gains thanks to people getting out to vote. We definitely had a group effort here in Louisiana, and the time was right for many more voters to vote for a better life. Next year we will vote for Governor, AG, Secretary of State and we will work to flip those seats.
The most important part to me is that people voted for change. They still don't particularly like the Democratic party. If we don't deliver on change then this will be temporary. And that means we should be talking about policy right now. Not about a party leadership vote - a vote we don't make. The people we sent to Congress will be the ones voting. People want solutions - we're squandering the opportunity to talk about that. The voters that moved left want solutions, put pressure on the leadership to make change. Tell them exactly what you want them working on in the first 100 days. Use your voice for policy change. Don't lose the momentum.
Total repudiation: fascist MAGA never was "America". MAGA "values" were never our values. By nature, Americans are friendly and helpful to all. That "all" part is what MAGA missed. Sure, we are different BUT we are united when it comes to being free. Fascist MAGA tried to steal that freedom
Amen to this - this should be a public service announcement. It’s been bothering me seeing Dem leaders scrambling to take all the credit and I haven’t heard any of them thank the voters, especially our minority communities and even those who crossed over - fed up Republicans! - who voted for democratic candidates. It’s an opportunity to keep them voting with us! Let’s give thanks to all voters/ let’s recognize them. Thank you for writing this piece. It was needed.
I want to see the Democratic Party move with Mamdani-like efficiency.
I want to see the House actually show up to WORK.
I want action and I want it on day one. Earn those taxpayer funded salaries and benefits.
The Voters
There's your goddam mandate
Don't squander this moment. The people want change
There is not enough digital space to list everyone who deserves the credit for this outstanding result, the VOTERS Do, millions of them.
There is however, enough space to call out the Established Democratic leadership and their attempted chest pounding credit taking, social media posts.
They are the cause IMO, for Angie Nixon's loss among others. They refused to increase funding for her campaign, even by a little bit.
El-Sayed and Colom were, and are, being pushed over the finish line by the VOTERS, Not Dems leadership.
I am sure there are many reasons for this "leadership" behavior, none of which I would find compelling...
TODAY!!!💯
Although we haven’t flipped any seats yet in Louisiana (we have a run-off for two congressional seats in December, but they are both majority Republican districts thanks to their gerrymandering) Black voters in particular did a great job of making sure they took others to the polls with them. Here in Louisiana Gary Chambers, kept prodding us to get more voters to the polls. Organizers for Indivisible Baton Rouge canvassed, and worked their butts off trying to get Jamie Davis to win a Senate seat. He only lost by 25,000 votes. One individual I know had enough postcard parties that she mailed off 10,000 postcards to voters, and of course many others were writing postcards, too. Indivisible NOLA, Indivisible Northshore, and Metairie Indivisible had No Kings events designed to get people to vote early and we broke early voting records here in Louisiana. Louisiana voters came out in droves! We still have a lot of registered voters who are not engaged, but we set a record for early votes and I believe for number of votes in general. We had 536,189 votes in 2026 and 292,213 in 2008 when Obama first ran for President. Every parish moved left. Jefferson parish, a suburb of New Orleans and home of Steve Scalise and previous home of David Duke, flipped blue. So we made some gains thanks to people getting out to vote. We definitely had a group effort here in Louisiana, and the time was right for many more voters to vote for a better life. Next year we will vote for Governor, AG, Secretary of State and we will work to flip those seats.
The most important part to me is that people voted for change. They still don't particularly like the Democratic party. If we don't deliver on change then this will be temporary. And that means we should be talking about policy right now. Not about a party leadership vote - a vote we don't make. The people we sent to Congress will be the ones voting. People want solutions - we're squandering the opportunity to talk about that. The voters that moved left want solutions, put pressure on the leadership to make change. Tell them exactly what you want them working on in the first 100 days. Use your voice for policy change. Don't lose the momentum.
Total repudiation: fascist MAGA never was "America". MAGA "values" were never our values. By nature, Americans are friendly and helpful to all. That "all" part is what MAGA missed. Sure, we are different BUT we are united when it comes to being free. Fascist MAGA tried to steal that freedom