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Why Voting is Important to Artists
This election day matters too much to ignore.
I’m taking a different approach from my normal and if this offends you — well, that’s on you.
In the United States, we have an election today. The Presidency, the House of Representatives, and many Senate seats are up for grabs. And how you vote matters because — though many will argue false equivalencies between the Republican and Democratic parties — what they stand by and for are starkly different.
The Republicans care only about control and money. They don’t give a shit about anyone not white and wealthy, particularly at the federal level. The guy they are running for President got impeached TWICE when he did the job before, is a convicted felon, and a huge laundry list of other unsavory truths. They seek to take away the rights of women, minorities, LGBTQA+ peoples, and anyone not white, cis-male, and with money and influence.
The Democrats can barely pull it all together. They argue between themselves, have a huge range of people from center to far left, and seldom, if ever, back anyone or anything 100%. That written, however, this is because they care about control, money, and doing good for the people of the country, even when not white and wealthy. They encourage diversity and are running a mixed-race, accomplished woman of…
