Voting today got me excited for politics again
Primaries were today in my state, and among like 10 or so races (many local), I had 3 actual choices to make on the Democrat ballot.
One I outsourced to my bestie who's a politics junkie ... that race had like 8 candidates and well frankly I didn't realize it was voting day until another friend texted that she just voted! WHOOPS I knew it was coming but iiii lost track of time. But that's a lot of people to read up on.
Comptroller had 4 choices, and my congressional district had 4 iirc. Each of them had campaign websites, and I didn't go any deeper than reading their platforms.
For each race there was only one candidate I particularly liked, and the choice wasn't hard to make. But it felt like I was actually making a choice with a reasonable amount of information & that was nice.
Now ... most of the races were uncontested, including Governor, County Board, and several others. That's not great.
But idunno. I felt good about my votes. It felt like I was making an actual choice, rather than rubber-stamping approval. And it just invigorated me.
Honestly, I think it was more the homework that invigorated me than anything. I kinda liked reading up on them.
I wonder if this feeling will last. I hope so.
P.S. My favorite part about their platforms was the boring and specific stuff. Such-and-such city needs a new water tower. I support bill SB1234 because it does this. I'll protect your privacy and here's my specific experience with that.