The roar of lawn mowers, the melodic sound of children’s laughter, visions of bicycles or sports equipment in the driveway, and the delicious smell of goodness from a neighbors grill. Labor Day meant the end of summer and the transition into fall and football. While that thought used to bring joy and excitement, this year is a tad bit different – in case you hadn’t heard.
This is not a drill. There are just 54 days until the 2020 presidential election. There is so much on the line and we’re all impacted – whether you care about the pandemic, immigration, economy, gun safety, civil rights, healthcare, or plain old voting rights. You’ve heard it said that this is the most important election of our lifetime. It’s for real this time!
You may have read the article “Trump is Targeting the Suburbs, But They’re Not All Alike” and thought to yourself, “Can his ‘fear factor’ campaign win over the suburbs in a large enough number to tilt the election in his favor?
False narrative
The polls show Biden with a clear advantage of 8-15 points above Trump in the suburbs. Let’s not forget the suburbs proved to be a problem for Trump and the Republicans in the 2018 midterms. However, we know he will continue with his shenanigans, stoking more racism and xenophobia. It worked once before, so he’s not going to stop. He is playing to his base and hoping they will support his image of the white family as the only homeowners (circa 1940).
The false narrative Trump is painting no longer exists. His assumptive tweets and campaigns to the contrary are racist, misogynist, classist, and wrong. If that doesn’t get your palms sweaty and your blood racing then riddle us this:
Question: What is a suburb in modern culture? Is the article correct? Can we easily define a suburb based solely on density, diversity, and education level?
Answer: No one knows. Basically, a suburb is not downtown and it’s not rural. It’s fluid, versatile and ever evolving. Historically, suburbs were predominantly white, but that has changed; now, about one-third of suburban residents are people of color.
The reality
Trump would have us all believe “the suburbs” can be easily identified like in the “Stepford Wives,” and he wants all of them. Well, it goes without saying that the rest of America knows there are many types of suburbs and diversity is infused across all of them.
So, we’re calling on all our suburbs, far and wide, to send Trump a message by voting like our lives depend on it. Let him know he doesn’t own us, and even in normal times, he didn’t earn the right to be our Commander in Chief. Biden summarized it best, stating Trump is trying to “scare the hell out of the suburbs.”
Where you come in
Don’t fear. If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that there is no such thing as normalcy. We are literally sick and tired of being sick and tired. We are WOMEN Organizing WOMEN Democrats. If you’re with us, get ready to re-imagine a new normal (post-COVID) world and get ready to get the Blue Wave started!
Please vote early and let’s share the spirit of the words “We The People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union…”
Choose hope and empathy over fear, truth and ethics over lies, and unity and equality over division.
This post was written by WOW Dems’ Legislative Committee. For info on candidates & voting, visit wowdems.org. To join the Legislative Committee, email legislative@wowdems.org.