How many American voters are responsible for the U.S. Senate being held by Chuck Schumer and the Democrats instead of by Mitch McConnell and the Republicans?
1,017 voters. That’s it.
#VotingMatters
1,017 voters. That’s it.
#VotingMatters
There are 50 Republicans and 50 Democrats in the U.S. Senate.
The U.S. Vice President, Kamala Harris, breaks the tie, making Chuck Schumer Majority Leader instead of Mitch McConnell.
The U.S. Vice President, Kamala Harris, breaks the tie, making Chuck Schumer Majority Leader instead of Mitch McConnell.
But if Democrat Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire hadn’t defeated Republican Kelly Ayotte in 2016 by a grand total of only 1,017 votes, there would be 51 Republicans. And Mitch McConnell would be the Majority Leader.
There are 1.4 million people living in New Hampshire. And the votes of just 1,017 of them affected which party controlled the U.S. Senate for the entire country.
Stop saying that voting doesn’t matter. If it didn’t matter, people wouldn’t try to make it harder for some of us to cast them.
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