Thank God That's Over.

[attackfish]

Or, the only thing that could make me want to go through an election night is nine months of presidential campaigning.

Don't get me wrong, I love politics, the political process, voting, our democracy, yeah.  But my nails are chewed down to nubs.  Four years ago, I was trying to cheer for Obama and my country while crying for my childhood home, California at the same time.  This morning, I am all smiles as the hateful misogynistic Republican senators and house members went down, three states voted to legalize same-sex marriage, a fourth voted not to make it illegal, we elected our first openly gay Senator (and she's a woman, too!), first Asian-American woman Senator, and our first disabled woman legislator, and we reelected Barrack Obama!

I can relax now.

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[lavanyasix.livejournal.com]

And no more election ads! I got redistricted into actually having a competitive House race this time around, and it was awful.

...Which sounds unintentionally anti-democracy, now that I type it out like that.

Anyway, I too am glad that this is all over. And to top things off, we may just be adding a new star to the flag. Never thought I'd ever see Puerto Rico take the plunge.

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

It was really weird this time for me, no competition in my state at all, and only one guy ran any ads. After living in a swing state for so long, it was surreal.

I know! Good for Puerto Rico!