If You're Hoping That the 2026 Midterm Elections Are the Answer to This Disaster, Then It's Time to Do More Than Just

[lees1975]

protest.

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2025/05/if-youre-hoping-that-2026-midterm.html

More Americans appear to be hitting the streets in protest of the unconstitutional, mostly illegal actions of a renegade Presidency than at any other point in our history, with the possible exception of the Vietnam War era. Even conservatively biased polls are indicating that the number of Americans showing dissatisfaction with the first 100 days of the second Trump administration is heading onward and upward toward the 60% mark, and his job approval ratings are even lower than the records he set during his first term.

You're not reading the words of someone here who trusts most of the data that now comes out of what are mostly corporate-owned media pollsters. Anything associated with the far right conservatives hasn't been trustworthy or truthful for a long time. So I do have some doubts when I see headlines from Newsmax or Newsweek making note of a 29% or 26% approval rate for Democrats. But there's a little more than just their bias involved in my observations of what's actually going on.

I'm a lifelong Democrat, and while I'll admit that feelings are not the best way to validate poll results, what I'm seeing in writing, on social media, from a lot of Democrats, is that some of the disapproval and dissatisfaction with Democratic members of Congress may be coming from within the party. For me, that doesn't mean I'm not going to vote when the time comes. Even a weak, self-absorbed Democrat is better than any Republican. But being weak and conciliatory, now, during this time, is unacceptable.

The GOP margins in both the House and Senate are slim. They should be easy to break down, given the disaster that has occurred during Trump's first 100 days. But where is our Democratic party leadership? I can't see anything that they are doing to try and position themselves to win, and I am seeing an increased number of commentators and columnists, and Democratic party media advocates, like Thom Hartmann and Stephanie Miller, who are trying to ring alarm bells and get things moving.

We are 100 days into a disaster. We are seeing rising opposition to this Presidency everywhere. And yet, Democrats in Congress have a 26% job approval rating. Something is seriously wrong, and isn't connecting.

I'm not a "sit on my butt and protect my own interests" kind of guy. I'm on social security, with a modest supplemental income, but I set aside something every month to give to Democrats. I'm getting to the point where standing for hours at a protest isn't possible, nor is making a long march, though I really enjoy doing that. Twice now, in the past year, I have volunteered to knock on doors in neighboring purple state Wisconsin, to help Democrats in elections. And if you want to get a good look at what I consider well-invested time and effort, click this link to The Signal Press and read to your heart's content.

[lees1975]

1. Interesting.

It doesn't seem that many of those who are here on this board seem to be aware of any plans the party has to win the Midterms. Silence speaks volumes.