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Tonight, millions of Americans will go to sleep celebrating victory, while millions more will go to bed disappointed, frustrated, or even furious.
Some will believe that America has been saved. Others will be convinced that America has taken a disastrous turn.
But before we know the results of today’s midterm elections, before the networks declare their winners, before the speeches of triumph and concession, I want to suggest something that should unite every American, regardless of party, ideology, religion, or political persuasion.
We are among the luckiest human beings who have ever lived.
We live in a country where ordinary citizens can peacefully decide who governs them.
Where presidents can be removed without revolutions. Where members of Congress can be dismissed without bloodshed. Where governors can be sent packing without armies marching through the streets.
Where a billionaire and a janitor, a celebrity and a schoolteacher, a rabbi and an atheist, each possess precisely the same power when they enter the voting booth.
One vote.
Think about the breathtaking majesty of that proposition.
Tonight, millions of Americans will go to sleep celebrating victory, while millions more will go to bed disappointed, frustrated, or even furious.
Some will believe that America has been saved. Others will be convinced that America has taken a disastrous turn.
But before we know the results of today’s midterm elections, before the networks declare their winners, before the speeches of triumph and concession, I want to suggest something that should unite every American, regardless of party, ideology, religion, or political persuasion.
We are among the luckiest human beings who have ever lived.
We live in a country where ordinary citizens can peacefully decide who governs them.
Where presidents can be removed without revolutions. Where members of Congress can be dismissed without bloodshed. Where governors can be sent packing without armies marching through the streets.
Where a billionaire and a janitor, a celebrity and a schoolteacher, a rabbi and an atheist, each possess precisely the same power when they enter the voting booth.
One vote.
Think about the breathtaking majesty of that proposition.
