Y’all IK we won the senate and it’s definitely important to celebrate, but if you’re in Georgia please, please, please vote in the runoff on December 6.
If we can get 51 instead of an exact tie it will give us a little wiggle room. For the past two years, a lot of the improvements Biden has attempted to make haven’t made it passed the Senate because one or two Democrats voted no and that was all it took; if we can get Georgia too, one Democrat can vote no and the legislation will still pass. The more seats we have the better chance we have for serious, meaningful change.
Please vote December 6th.
Importantly, by “one or two Democrats” what this actually means is “Joe Manchin and/or Kyrsten Sinema.” I’m sure they’re not the only ones who have held things up, but they’ve been very consistent about it.
If we have 51, then it’s fine if one of them votes no as long as they don’t both do it. What this could mean is giving them plausible deniability- they could work it out between themselves so that one of them gets to vote no each time without tanking everything the Dems want to do. They stay in good with the party, while half the time they can say to their constituents “look, I voted no on this, it’s not my fault.”
I have no idea how likely they would be to do this, but even if they didn’t we’d still need only one of them, and there have been plenty of times the past two years where only one of them was blocking something.
Either way, 51 instead of 50 would be a huge help.
Excellent points! All that time trying to court one/both of them could’ve been spent crafting and passing more progressive legislation.
Important deadlines for the Georgia runoff
November 25, 2022 Runoff Absentee/Mail-in Ballot Request Deadline
November 28 - December 2, 2022 Runoff Early Voting Period
December 6, 2022 Runoff Absentee/Mail-in Ballot Return Deadline
December 6, 2022 Runoff Election Day
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