On voting coalitions and what comes next

David Simon, creator of The Wire (among other things) made a blog post yesterday that's making the rounds today. You might recognize the money quote: "Change is a motherfucker when you run from it." Which is a true thing. But I'd recommend reading the post in full, as Simon's main point is about the ways that the changing demographics in the US are shifting the relative power of voting coalitions that have been in place since 1980. (By the way, I could EASILY put on my historian's hat and go on at length about the shifting voting coalitions that make up the bases of American political parties; it's my favorite thing about political history by far, and if anyone wants me to I will, but not here.)

To boil down post of thoughts about this week's election and what we need to do next, they are:

• Please vote in the midterm elections and all local off-year elections
  
• Your politics must be intersectional or they will be bullshit.

( Now is the part where I get long and think through some stuff. )

As always I welcome your thoughts. As always I reserve the right to stop conversations I do not choose to host.