Why This Election Means So Much (Part 1)

November’s mid-term election is essentially a national referendum. No time in recent memory has a mid-term election had such importance. The populace is angry; politicians have no credibility, and the policies of our current "ruling class” are out of sync with the majority of our citizens. Interestingly enough, political party, liberal or conservative, left or right, are not the issues, as illustrated by the rise of the so-called, T-Party adherents. They believe that America needs to click on delete and go back to the basics, I mean the Founding Fathers, and start all over again.

The Issues
The issues are really centered on the historical trend of America and the belief that the future for our grandchildren will not be better than their grandparents, and that our reign as the greatest economic force on the planet is passing, and American exceptionalism is in doubt.

The rising influence of government in our lives, discriminating taxation, the redistribution of our wealth as individuals and as a nation, the trend toward 3rd party control of our health decisions, our changing population and out moded immigration policies, our mounting debt, the threat of a different kind of enemy from abroad, and worries about our safety and security, and the apparent waste and corruption in our financial and political class, all contribute to the uncertainty and worry about the future, which in turn exacerbates our economic woes.

What’s at Stake in November?
We are a graphically diverse society and financial, socio-economic, political, and geography issues define our divisions. All contribute to our differences and our free society allows anyone to express their opinions. The newspaper, the Internet, books of many kinds, demonstrations and rallies, are major outlets for this expression. In the final analysis, what we do at the ballot box is more important than anything we can do to influence events.

Although we are the most educated and informed country on the planet we will be lucky if we get 40% of all eligible voters to cast a ballot in this vitally important election. Since many voters push their own special interests and are relatively uninformed on a broad range of other topics of equal importance, our elections don’t always get a result that is in the best long-term interests of the country. However, generally speaking, the American people have made the right decisions during the major periods of crisis in our history. It is probably because regardless of our backgrounds and education, we have that unique quality of “common sense” that seems to transcend our differences. Obviously, the best way to avoid these electoral mistakes is to bring as many of the voters as possible to the polls and avoid “special interests” results.

Since many Democratic seats in both the House and Senate that are up for grabs this November; control of Congress is at stake in this election. Because the growing discontent has been fueled by one-party control of Congress for the last 4 years and now with the Executive branch for the last 2 years; this mid-term election can alter the current course of our country.