Well, I was a good citizen do-bee yesterday and researched all the candidates and questions on the ballot.
\nHere in Maryland, the idea of a two-party system is still catching on, so it didn’t surprise me that I couldn’t help the President with a few electoral votes (though I could do my part for the popular vote.) And it didn’t surprise me that my choices for Senator and Representative didn’t win either.
\nBut all the ballot questions I voted “yes” for also failed. And all the school board candidates I voted for also lost! At first I thought, well, it was because I didn’t vote for incumbents. (I usually never vote for incumbents in local elections.) But there was one incumbent I did vote for — and he lost!
\nSo remind me not to post my own voter’s guide next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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