A local newspaper reporter interviewed voters in Lehighton on the day of the election. One voter said it was important to vote because “We don’t need any communists.” At the same polling location another voter explained,” I hope (this) morning we don’t have to get up and say we’re communists.”
I don’t even know what to say to that.
If the votes for various groups in 2026 are compared to their voting behavior in 2024, we see some interesting swings. In some cases the swing was dramatic For example, men under thirty were 38% more likely to vote Democratic in 26 than in 24; women under 30 were 28% more like to vote Democratic. The swing for young women from 24 to 26 was less than for men because more young women were already voting Democratic in the 24 election.
Here is a quick rundown of some of the groups who moved more toward the Democrats this Tuesday compared to their vote in 2024:
Asians
Hispanics
Black men
Black women (who in 2024 were already voting Democratic by over 90% and still voted 3% more on Tuesday)
Older voters
Voters without college degrees
White voters
White voters without college degrees
Groups that swung more toward the Republicans:
I couldn’t find any listed, but maybe Tech Bros?
Space X and Tesla are looking at a merger. This possibility may now be investigated; the Democrats control Congress. Starlink, which was denied to Ukraine for a time, will probably be looked at as well.
And Musk, who spent about $224 million trying to influence Texas elections, lost bigly. Remember that Musk moved the headquarters for both SpaceX and Tesla to Texas after claiming that California had become too liberal.
Senator Edward J. Markey (D, Mass) posted on X. “They are going to need to plant new forests for all the subpoenas we’ll be printing.” He was talking about upcoming hearings on tech executives. I love that he posted that on X.
Info for this post was taken in part fromRyan Mac and Jack Ewing, “After Opening His Wallet Against Texas Democrats, Musk Could Now Face Greater Scrutiny,” New York Times, (Nov. 5, 2026), p. B-3.
Sure, sex is great, but have you ever voted a Republican out of office?
On the way home we pass the white clapboard faces of the
library and town hall, luminous in the moonlight, and I
remember the first time I ever voted–in a township hall
in Michigan.
That same wonderful smell of coffee was in the air, and I
found myself among people trying to live ordered lives....
And again I am struck with love for the Republic.
I’m hoping the Dems take the Senate by such a margin that the Party can toss Fetterman out. He’ll be out in two years, but I don’t want to wait that long.
The Constitution only has 27 amendments, and ten of those are the Bill of Rights. That means in 250 years we really only have had 17, and that includes Prohibition followed by cancelling Prohibition, so you could say really 15. That’s roughly about one every 17 years. Maybe not enough.
We really need some reforms by way of amendments. Passing laws simply won’t do it, since we now have precedent for a President to ignore laws and a Supreme Court that ruled the President has almost unlimited immunity.
Here’s a partial list of potential amendments that would help fix sone of the weaknesses of this so-called democracy.
Term limits for Supreme Court justices. (There are other ways to fix the Court; that’s just one suggestion.)
Limit the Presidential pardon power.
Limit Presidential immunity.
Take the Justice Department out of the Executive Branch.
Specify that Independent Regulatory Agencies are truly independent. We’d have to figure out how that can be done.
Limit campaign contributions. Again, there are different ways to reform that mess, but we need to get on it.
Dump the electoral college. That will be a hard one, since it gives extra power to low population states.
I believe there are more, but at least that’s a start.
