3. Despite assaults on our elections, people fought back and gained some
notable wins.
Voters delivered victories for progressives in districts across the country,
including in Texas, Illinois, Michigan, Florida, Hawaii, California, Pennsylvania
and Vermont, and Democrats kept control of the Senate. Young people showed up
at the polls in record numbers—one out of eight voters in the midterms was
under the age of 30. Abortion rights won in states where it was on the ballot
(California, Michigan and Vermont) and in the “red” state of Kentucky, voters
rejected a proposed amendment to the Kentucky constitution that would declare
there is no constitutional right to an abortion. Another plus: Every election
denier running to oversee state elections lost.
