OPINION:
Brave men died to maintain our democracy so that you could vote. Do not betray their memory by sitting on the sidelines.
Most of us take voting for granted. Throughout history, that was not the case. In much of the world today, voting is a dream, not a reality.
Every vote counts. Six Senate races have been rated toss-ups. A few thousand or even a few hundred votes could make the difference either way.
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In the 2000 presidential election, 537 votes decided who would carry Florida. The candidate who won Florida won in the Electoral College. That was how many votes decided whether Vice President Al Gore or Texas Gov. George Bush sat in the White House for the next four years.
The outcome of some key races could do more than determine whether inveterate Israel hater Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan, or Angie Nixon, the Democratic Senate nominee in Florida, who hedged on national television when asked whether Cuba is a dictatorship, will sit in the Senate for six years.
If elected, they and others of the Democratic Party’s far left will move America toward political poison such as “Medicare for All,” ending the deportation of criminal aliens, an open border, a billionaires’ tax, transgender surgery for minors, unrestricted access to abortion, expanding the Supreme Court, making Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia states and making America energy-dependent again.
The composition of the House will decide whether we must go through the agony of another impeachment trial of President Trump. The outcome of gubernatorial elections will affect the 2028 presidential election.
Every vote means a potential win or a potential loss for America.
You may not be excited about the choices you have in this election, but at least you have choices. The Cubans, the Chinese, the North Koreans, the Iranians and so many others do not.
Not voting is a way of saying you do not care about America’s future.
Never have the stakes been higher or the choices more stark. One side stands for common sense and traditional American values. The other side champions ideas that have consistently failed throughout history, wherever and whenever they have been tried.
Today, millions of Americans will help to decide America’s future for the next two years. Those who do not vote are ceding that power to others. That is a decision they could regret for years to come.
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