This is a non-witchy post but part of my craft and beliefs is spreading awareness about the world around us.
Midterm elections are coming up and you need to be prepared. What can you do? Learn about midterms and the importance of them, do your research on your candidates, and go vote!
Why is this important?
Less people show up to vote during midterms but they are just as important as the Presidential and general election.
Unlike Presidential elections, these elections depend on the popular vote, meaning your vote really matters here!
What are the Primaries?
The primary vote, happening on May 3rd,are elections that political parties use to select candidates for a general election. Then each party’s candidates run against each other in the midterm election.(FVAP.gov)
What are we voting for?
This is where we will vote for the US Senate and the House of Representatives. Depending on your state, county, or city, other government positions may be voted for as well.
You can find out who’s on your ballot by finding your election office website or by going toBallotpedia’s“who’s on my ballot?”tool.
These seats are the people who make laws in your city, county, state, and country. It’s important that we vote for people who represent what we want and what we need out of our government.
What is the US Senate?
The Senate is composed of 100 Senators, 2 for each state.
According to the whitehouse’s website, The Senate has the sole power to confirm those of the President’s appointments that require consent, and to provide advice and consent to ratify treaties. There are, however, two exceptions to this rule: the House must also approve appointments to the Vice Presidency and any treaty that involves foreign trade. The Senate also tries impeachment cases for federal officials referred to it by the House.
What is the House of Representatives?
The House has several powers assigned exclusively to it, including the power to initiate revenue bills, impeach federal officials, and elect the President in the case of an Electoral College tie.
In order to pass legislation and send it to the President for his or her signature, both the House and the Senate must pass the same bill by majority vote. If the President vetoes a bill, they may override his veto by passing the bill again in each chamber with at least two-thirds of each body voting in favor.(Whitehouse.gov)
Why should you care?
Currently,in the Senate, there are 34 seats on the line, with 14 Democrats up for reelection. Republicans hold 50 seats, meaning Democrats will need to maintain their current number of seats, 48, plus win three more to attain an outright majority. (Teenvogue 2022)
I’ll level with you, it takes all of 30 minutes to look up who’s on your ballot, a quick google search for each person, and decide who you’re going to vote for.
I know the world is very scary right now and us younger generations have been treated like we don’t know anything and told that we can’t do anything. That’s bullshit, we can and will do something about this damn world we’ve inherited.
So, if you’re 18, or will be 18 by the 8th of November, you canregister and vote!
If you’re already registered but would like to check your registration status (it can sometimes change if you’ve changed your name recently or in the past two years since the last election) you can often find your voter’s status on your state’s election office website.
If you aren’t available on November 8th for whatever reason, there are ways that you can do an absentee vote, just go to your election office website and look for “absentee voting” or “absentee ballot”.
So go out and vote, remind your friends and family to vote, and make sure you do your research on each candidate before voting!
If you’re not a US citizen, feel free to reblog or remind your US friends to go out and vote. The laws in the USA can still impact other countries so it’s still important to spread the word.
1. Using these images as a springboard, discuss the forces and motivations that drove design and production in the eighteenth-century and the implications of the patronage systems of that century. Your answer will want to consider the differences in the forces driving design in France versus England. (25 points 250-500 words)
2. The 19th century witnessed the rise of industrialization and thus a shift in design and production. Discuss the ramification of the shift of production in light of the dramatic social changes that occurred with the advent of industrialization. (25 points – 250-500 words)
3. The rise of manufacturing led to a commodification of society in the 19th century. Discuss did the positive responses to this new mode of manufacturing and new consumer culture. Consider, in particularly, the way that design, style and choice became expressions of and tools in larger narratives regarding society and power. You will want to demonstrate your understanding of the difference between Gothic and Classical styles as sources of inspiration in this answer. (25 points – 250-500 words)
4. The writings of Ruskin, Pugin and, later, Morris formed a response to the rise of industrialization that then manifested itself in the Arts and Crafts Movement. Discuss the concerns of that response and the varying factors that went into the design of objects and places associated with the Arts in Craft Movement in England and in the United States.
