Cowbee comments on Democrats now have a majority in Congress, but we can’t forget that they’ve held it before, and our lives only got harder. All they want from us is a vote, then silence until the next election.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (1 child)

We don't yet have data on how many eligable voters voted in 2026, but in 2024 only around 57% of Mississippians voted who could. Midterms nearly always have lower turnout, the percentages were in the mid-30s. You do not speak for all black women, stop acting like you do. Again, both parties are incredibly unpopular. The Democrats do not represent workers. The votes were against the Republicans, not for Democrats, in the majority of cases.

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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago*

They did not. 99% of black women who voted in Mississippi voted Democrat (and I'm not even sure that's correct, data on voter rates isn't public yet for 2026). Further, I have never said "both sides are the same." I have said that both sides serve the capitalist class. My point is that both the Democrats and Republicans are enormously unpopular, and voting was largely against Republicans, rather than for Democrats. Neither party has the trust of the working class, and voting is treated exactly as a lesser of two evils. A better system is necessary, and this cannot happen through the Democrats.