It’s not enough to beat a fascist by razor-thin margins; ideally we should Increase the margin of victory so high It becomes all the more difficult for Trump and his acolytes to claim that they represent the will of the American people. That’s why it’s important to vote, even in “safely blue” or “safely red” states. To achieve a more equitable America, we must pay attention to the Democratic popular vote – and if Harris wins, we will have Vice President Tim Walz, who believes, as many of us dothat “the electoral college must disappear.”

I know we’ve all compartmentalized things in various ways, even to get so close to Election Day. We have avoided the news or ignored headlines and stories because we need to get on with our lives. But democracy is not guaranteed. This is a group effort that requires all of us to be involved.

Right now, we have the power to stop Trump. If he wins, we may no longer have these tools at our disposal. Trump publicly told conservative Christians he just needs them to vote this year and then they will no longer have to vote. “Four more years, it will be settled, everything will be fine, you will no longer have to vote, my beautiful Christians,” he declared this summer, one of the many comments which should have triggered a week of scandal. news cycle but has been swallowed up by everything else. He has a army of election deniers ready to carry out his corrupt and undemocratic orders.

There is a number of things you can do from now until election day: volunteer, call a bank, canvass or knock on doors, write postcards or letters, offer to drive people to the polls, volunteer as a poll worker. If you’ve never called voters in your life, now is the time to try. It can be difficultbut life under a Trump-Vance administration would be infinitely more so.

Hillary Clinton comfortably won the popular vote in 2016 — in millions — but lost the electoral college by razor-thin margins, in part because people thought they couldn’t make a difference, or that it was better to leave the job to someone else.

No one will come to save us. We must save ourselves and each other. Any issue you care about will be impossible to defend under a Trump administration.

If you have any anxiety or worry about this election, I urge you to turn it into action. There is no need to put it off or turn it off anymore. That’s it.

Don’t wake up on November 6th and wish you had done more. Do it now. You still have time.

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