helenwatson wrote:
Myra, your man did it! Bet you're over the moon. X
Yes he did, and yes I am!
I was so flipping hungover today. There was some much-needed celebratory imbibing.
It's a relief to have my state over with, he didn't crush it but he just about made the percentage he needs to make in the remaining states. Honestly it should have been higher. Milwaukee County, where I live, got really fucked up. Our piece of shit governor's new voter ID law was designed to really disenfranchise poor and minority voters, and oh my, it worked like a charm. Because of that law, it was estimated that about 300,000 voters statewide would not be able to vote, including a significant amount of the massive number of college students we have here in Wisconsin. And mine is the most populous county, with the largest amount of disenfranchised voters, so if that hadn't happened, he would have been significantly ahead. But there you go. I'm just glad there weren't as many other types of voter suppression instances in our state as there have been in others. There was some, but not too many.
We really are grateful that he spent so much time in our state in the last couple of weeks, he really was putting in the time everywhere. I did get to see him twice, electrifying speaker, huge electrified crowds. I got to volunteer at one of his speeches, which was great! I never worked so hard in my life to get someone elected. The last three days before the primary I just about did nothing but phonebank and canvass. Everybody worked really hard and it paid off!
New York is in two weeks, and that will be a tough nut to crack. It's a must-win. I admit I'm nervous. I have confidence that he'll continue to gain ground right up until the day, but it's going to take everything we have to get him to squeak by. I think we can do it. We just have to redouble our efforts.
Thanks to all of you who are supporting him and cheering him on, it's fantastic to see that on the news! And we are really hoping for Jeremy Corbyn too!!