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It's primary season, and here is how candidates can get my contribution and my vote.
Last edited Sat Mar 14, 2026, 09:23 PM - Edit history (1)
https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2026/03/its-primary-season-and-candidates-are.htmlWhen it comes to both voting, and contributing, as an American citizen, lifelong Democrat, and a college history and secondary education major, with a minor in English to teach, and a Master's that includes plenty of what was called "Civics" and Constitutional principles coursework, I'm an easy mark. I've voted in every Presidential election, midterm, and off-year election since 1976, when I became eligible to vote exactly two days before the registration deadline.
I probably made some people mad by taking my sweet time in the voting booth on election day. No computers back then, the "machine" was a small blue table with a place to insert the ballot and mark with the pencil provided, which was a standard #2 lead on the same kind of scantron form schools use for tests. I made sure I voted for everything on the ballot. I'd have voted "straight ticket Democrat" if that had been provided but rules in that state at the time didn't allow it.
I can't tell you how much I have contributed to campaigns, a lot of it on the local level, or to the party itselt, over the years. It's not a large amount, about a fourth of what I give to charitable causes. But I take satisfaction in the fact that all of those contributions added together--well, you know how that works.
Well, that's who I am. I'm still a Democrat, and I still contribute, though after 2024, I stopped the party contribution, and I am being far more selective about the candidates to whose campaigns I contribute. Having a [D] next to the name, even in a general election does not always mean I will mark the ballot on that line, like I once felt obligated to do, but I may choose to leave it blank for various reasons. In fact, I did this during the last general election in which I voted, and felt good about it. Keep that in mind.
I probably made some people mad by taking my sweet time in the voting booth on election day. No computers back then, the "machine" was a small blue table with a place to insert the ballot and mark with the pencil provided, which was a standard #2 lead on the same kind of scantron form schools use for tests. I made sure I voted for everything on the ballot. I'd have voted "straight ticket Democrat" if that had been provided but rules in that state at the time didn't allow it.
I can't tell you how much I have contributed to campaigns, a lot of it on the local level, or to the party itselt, over the years. It's not a large amount, about a fourth of what I give to charitable causes. But I take satisfaction in the fact that all of those contributions added together--well, you know how that works.
Well, that's who I am. I'm still a Democrat, and I still contribute, though after 2024, I stopped the party contribution, and I am being far more selective about the candidates to whose campaigns I contribute. Having a [D] next to the name, even in a general election does not always mean I will mark the ballot on that line, like I once felt obligated to do, but I may choose to leave it blank for various reasons. In fact, I did this during the last general election in which I voted, and felt good about it. Keep that in mind.
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