Many people who were predicted to win their elections will indeed win. Some will lose. We don’t really know about that. But pundits will have an explanation for everything – they will explain the “public mind” as if the majority of that mind thought uniformly and was “sending a message.”
Consequently, “messages” that are sent by the electorate will tend to tell those who win to do what they intended to do no matter what the message was, even if there was a message.
Republicans will make either huge, large, significant, modest, or no gains.
The ads will stop, people will go on about their business, and the elected officials will go on about theirs. Never will the essential message penetrate the public mind: People who appear to be in opposition to one another during campaigns often do not have significant differences with one another.
A lot of this is just theater. These people who run for office really want to win, and try to say the right thing to catch voters’ attention, but after getting elected will either voluntarily cooperate with or buckle under to the influence of money and power. Few can resist.
I hope voting validates you. But of all our duties as citizens, it is probably the least important.
Piece of Mindful 
If you detest this nation so much, GET THE FUCK OUT.
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Did you vote, Mark?
And what duties of citizenship to you believe to be more important than voting?
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Of course I voted, as some county offices here are held by good people. I didn’t vote in the senatorial or gubernatorial races, as they are choices between people who won’t fight for us and people who will work against us. Why bother.
And there are some nasty initiatives and CA’s on the ballot.
Citizens should engage in public debate, pay close attention to the activities of elected officials, and be apprised of the issues of the day. Merely voting without knowing the candidates or the issues is counterproductive, at best.
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