“The analysis that yesterday’s wins were just wins for the democratic party (dp) are lazy at best (really no analysis at all). We can go deeper. What’s real is a whole bunch of regular people created informed people’s platforms and demands for transformative public policy, and real people ran, and people power won seats (some supported by the dp and many if not most, I’d bet, who weren’t). People power won yesterday.
Y’all also know in many of these places it’s hard if not impossible to get on the ballot if you don’t run on one of the two parties’ tickets right? So don’t let the D fool you. Sometimes it’s simply a tactic and the actual dp don’t show up to support at all-ask just about any Black woman or marginalized person running. For serious.”
~ Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson
This is what allows democracy to actually work, when the government is made up of all different types of people who represent all the different types of people living on this land. This is what it looks like to have publicly elected officials that are not just white men, folks who will ideally be more prepared to look out for the best interests, the humane interests, of a broader spectrum of the public. AND… now that the elections are done for the moment in many of our towns, it’s time for us, THE PEOPLE, to pay attention to what they are doing and keep holding our elected officials accountable for moving towards more fairness, justice, and opportunities for all people to live humane lives.
