Yes, free and fair elections will STILL take place.

Free and Fair Elections will still be taking place, let's not study from the curriculum of fear.

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Let’s be honest, ever since Donald Trump was again sworn in on January 20h, 2025…there has been a mania. A mania that people have fallen in to. The doomerism of the midterms and the elections of the future. This mania is a dangerous mania, and is voter suppression point blank. Why exactly have people fallen for this mania? Now you’re asking “Rob what is this mania you’re talking about?” This mania I’m referring to is of course the incorrect notion that elections will be cancelled. Here’s the thing…elections cannot be cancelled by the President at all. also the USA is rather Unique in that the states run the elections.

“The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of choosing Senators.” US Constitution Article 1, Section 4, Clause 1

This part of the Constitution sets not only our election dates, but also election rules. For example. The First Tuesday after the First Monday in November is set in stone as the date for the General Elections. States may on their own have rules in place for as long as it doesn’t violate their state/US Constitution.

That means that yes, the Midterms will go on as planned 16 months from July 3, 2025 (The Date is November 3, 2026, and the off-years are November 4, 2025). Also that means that the spring midterms will be varied among the states along with state and local races as well.

Also keep in mind that except for under extra ordinary circumstances, local and state races are set in stone. For example Miami wants to shift their local races to an even year election to bring in more turnout, than an off-year. The problem however, is that they cannot do that under Florida law, and they’ve gotten hell from it on all sides. Ultimately they will have to back own from that.

Also there’s also too many doomers that are saying that elections will be ad hoc like in Russia and Hungary, or cancelled all together. This is from the curriculum of fear. Don’t fall for it. In fact it’s time to normalize that yes elections will happen. This malarkey flies in the face of logic. For example since January the Democratic party has been crushing local elections, and special elections. That is for example, Judge Susan Crawford has demolished her GOP rival in Wisconsin in April, as well as Pennsylvania SD-36, which was held by a Republican since the late 1800s. That’s right, a Democrat hasn’t held the seat since then. Also there were other flips as well in Iowa, Oklahoma, and etc.

Also the Two special house elections in Florida that took place were a closer loss for the Dems that ordinarily would be. In a ruby red district, the GOP should have had some 60-70% of the vote. However, that was a lot closer in those two red districts, including FL-01 which was Matthew Gaetz’ district before he resigned. Also let’s keep in mind the NYC RCV Democratic primary for Mayor, where Zohran Mamdani has annihilated the field initially at 44% of the vote, but got over 50% in the drop on July 1. Also Mamdani is an experienced member of the New York State Assembly.

What does all this mean? This means that the elections are working as promised. Also keep in mind that when you spread garbage like the Elections are going to be cancelled, or there will be ad hoc elections you are actively doing voter suppression! So do please stop with that. This happens because it’s a lot easier to believe and be comforted by a pretty little lie, than the coldest hardest truth.

So yes, elections will take place this fall (November 4, 2025), Next fall (November 3, 2026) and so on. It’s up to us Democratic voters to quit falling for the hype of social media and do what the GOP has been doing for decades. Going out in numbers too big to ignore. Once we normalize that elections are free and fair, then others who would sit out would participate. When those who sit out participate, then the edge cases who are pushing voter suppression will have no more grift.

Remember y’all, we do have to deal with some scary stuff. However, we do have to face our fears and roll our sleeves to get to work. Be choosy in exactly what political media you wish to read/watch and limit it. Volunteer for a campaign and help to do what you can. You don’t necessarily have to donate money if you can’t do it. You can donate your time and effort with phone banks, text banks, postcards, letters, and so on. You can also help out with canvassing with a candidate, doing mutual aid, and so on. Community building is the electoral process, and you do need to get involved.

I want you all to not forget this: Action is the antidote for anxiousness and fear. Get into action, and your fears will melt away. Education and truth are the antidotes for ignorance and lies. Learn how things work, and do the right thing. You won’t have to do much of anything, or remember much of anything. Finally learn media literacy and logic! If something doesn’t make sense, it’s a contradiction, and you can easily break it. When you ask questions of a source and do deep research, then you’re a lot better off than people who just read the headlines. Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you the next time.