It Starts By Showing Up
In 2010, there were over 2 million registered voters in the state of Iowa.
Over 600,000 of them were registered Republicans.
Approximately 100,000 voters showed up for the Iowa caucuses tonight.
As I write this at 11:29 EST, Rick Santorum leads Mitt Romney by 72 votes and Ron Paul by fewer than 4000.
The headlines we will see tomorrow could easily have been different, depending on how those 500,000 people who didn’t show up feel.
But when you don’t show up, you give your voice to the people who do.
About Dave Thomer
Born and raised in Philadelphia. Studied philosophy at Fordham University in the Bronx, where I made many great friends and met my wonderful wife. We moved back to Philadelphia, where I studied philosophy some more and became a teacher. Online and off, I'm looking for ways that we can be better citizens and build stronger communities.