{"id":662487,"date":"2026-09-03T17:55:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=662487"},"modified":"2026-09-03T17:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:55:36","slug":"america-has-a-voter-problem-and-sitting-this-one-out-could-have-consequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=662487","title":{"rendered":"America has a voter problem \u2014 and sitting this one out could have consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Apathy? Frustration? Distraction?\u00a0 All of the above?<\/p>\n

Whatever the reason, voters are not showing up to local primary elections, and it\u2019s a big boon for radical players who want to end America as we know it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe socialist experiment in America is no longer confined to Washington or deep-blue national politics,\u201d Rosemary Becchi wrote in a Fox News opinion<\/a> piece.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is coming to city halls and school boards across the country, where low-turnout elections can transform ambitious ideology into binding budgets and classroom policy.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is true, fundamental change like that can rarely be thoroughly achieved from the visible and scrutinized ranks of higher office. But rather it seeps quietly from the bottom up \u2014 where seemingly few are paying attention as their lives, and their kids\u2019 lives, and their future grandchildren\u2019s lives are being transformed.<\/p>\n

Becchi points out that the Socialist push goes far beyond deep-blue bastions in California and is using largely ignored school board elections to worm its way in.<\/p>\n

\u201cNor are these candidacies confined to Los Angeles,\u201d Becchi wrote. \u201c\u2018DSA-LA has endorsed and campaigned for Estefany Casta\u00f1eda, Rivas and Griego, all of whom won seats on Southern California education boards; San Diego DSA backed Erin Evans; Greater Baltimore DSA supports Baltimore school-board member Ashley \u2018Ash\u2019 Esposito; and in the 2026 election, Twin Cities DSA is supporting candidate Christin Crabtree in Minneapolis.\u2019 The national organization has also encouraged chapters to recruit and run school-board candidates.<\/p>\n

\u201cTaken together, these campaigns show a deliberate effort to extend democratic-socialist influence into education governance.\u201d<\/p>\n

NYC Mayor Mamdani\u2019s plan for five government-run grocery stores is one of the most obvious socialist shifts that\u2019s occurred within the year and was not lost on Becchi.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Multicultural Business Coalition, which says it represents hundreds of small, immigrant- and minority-owned grocers, has filed two lawsuits. The group wants to stop the plan, arguing that independent grocers operating on narrow margins cannot fairly compete against taxpayer-supported stores,\u201d Becchi wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf this movement continues advancing through low-turnout elections and lightly scrutinized offices, Americans may discover their communities have been fundamentally changed only after the financial obligations and institutional policies have become difficult \u2014 and extraordinarily expensive \u2014 to reverse,\u201d Becchi concluded.<\/p>\n

On X, America\u2019s Future USA also warned of low voter turnout ahead of the midterms, saying the president\u2019s party has lost ground in 20 of the 23 election cycles since 1934.<\/p>\n

\u201cLow turnout from the president\u2019s own voters is usually the reason. The Pennsylvania special election in Butler County, a seat Trump carried by 18 points, just showed how real that risk is,\u201d America\u2019s Future USA stated:<\/p>\n

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History says the president\u2019s party loses ground in the midterms. Since 1934, that\u2019s happened in 20 of 23 election cycles, an average loss of 27 House seats.<\/p>\n

Low turnout from the president\u2019s own voters is usually the reason. The Pennsylvania special election in Butler County, a\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/fee3xqjjnQ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 America\u2019s Future USA (@Amerifuture) August 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWill you be showing up this November, and bringing others with you?\u201d America\u2019s Future USA asked.<\/p>\n

Your country depends on it.<\/p>\n

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Apathy? Frustration? Distraction?\u00a0 All of the above? Whatever the reason, voters are not showing up to local primary elections, and it\u2019s a big boon for radical players who want to end America as we know it. \u201cThe socialist experiment in America is no longer confined to Washington or deep-blue national politics,\u201d Rosemary Becchi wrote in… Continue reading America has a voter problem \u2014 and sitting this one out could have consequences<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":662488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-662487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=662487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/662488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=662487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=662487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=662487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}