For a long time now, a lot of folks have felt like nobody was listening.
You pay more at the grocery store.
You pay more at the pump.
You open the bills and shake your head.
And when you say so out loud, it feels like the words just float away.
Well, I want to tell you something good today.
Somebody heard you.
Not one person.
Millions of them.
The country is turning, and you can feel it if you stand still long enough.
I’m not going to bury you in numbers.
You’ve had enough of those.
But let me give you just a few, because they tell a story.
Most Americans now say they don’t approve of the job the president is doing.
Not a few. Most.
Ask people which party they want running Congress, and Democrats lead by about six points.
That’s not a squeaker.
That’s a wave building offshore.
The folks whose job it is to call these races are moving their chips.
Iowa is a state that voted for Trump three times in a row.
Right now, the governor’s race there leans toward the Democrat.
Texas and Florida were supposed to be locked up tight.
This week, the forecasters said those governor races are closer than anybody figured.
Still leaning Republican, but no longer a sure thing.
Think about that.
Texas and Florida, in play.
And the people who bet real money on these things?
They give Democrats the better odds of winning both the House and the Senate.
That’s the tide.
Now here’s what I’ve learned about tides.
A tide doesn’t carry you anywhere if you stay on the beach.
You have to walk out into it.
All those numbers I just told you about are just people talking.
Talking is fine.
But talking never changed a single thing on its own.
Voting does.
Election Day is November 3rd.
That’s thirty-two days from today.
Thirty-two days.
That’s a little more than four weeks.
Four Sundays.
Four trips to church, or the ballgame, or the diner.
That’s how much time stands between you and having your say.
I want you to hear me on this next part.
You are not powerless.
I know it feels that way sometimes.
It feels like the big shots make the decisions and the rest of us just live with them.
But one day every couple of years, the big shots have to come to you.
Hat in hand.
And ask for your vote.
That’s the one day you hold all the cards.
Don’t throw them away.
If you’re registered, good.
Make a plan.
Know where you’re voting.
Know when.
Know how you’re getting there.
If you can vote early, think about doing it.
Life gets in the way.
Cars break down.
Kids get sick.
Get it done before the world gets busy.
If you’re not registered, check today.
Some states close the books soon.
Don’t wait and find out you missed it.
And here’s the part most folks forget.
Bring somebody with you.
Your neighbor.
Your grown son or daughter.
That buddy from work who always says it doesn’t matter.
It matters.
Tell him I said so.
Here’s the truth about elections.
They aren’t won by the loudest people.
They’re won by the people who show up.
The ones who complain the most and vote the least have handed their power to somebody else.
Don’t be one of them.
Now, I’m going to be straight with you, because that’s how I do things.
I’d be lying if I said this was over.
The other side will tell you they’ve got more money in the big races, and they do.
They’ll tell you the Senate map is hard for Democrats, and it is.
They’ll tell you polls have been wrong before, and they have.
Every one of those is a fair point.
And the answer to every one of them is the same.
Show up.
Money doesn’t vote.
Maps don’t vote.
Polls don’t vote.
People vote.
For once, the wind is at the backs of the folks who’ve been feeling forgotten.
That doesn’t happen often.
I’ve lived long enough to know you don’t get many chances like this.
When the tide comes in, you go.
The tide is in.
Go.
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