What We Learned During the Election!

The mid-term election is over and Aeric did not win. But, we did learn a few things. Here are a few of our reflection on the experience. RECAP & TAKEAWAYS: SCOTT’S learnings: So many things were out of Aeric’s (or any candidate's control). The underlying numbers of Republican and Democrat voters in the district was a given that shaped the whole district and made the race hard to win. The Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade overshadowed this election in a way that no one foresaw. The world at large is not able to talk about issues. There is a knee-jerk attempt to automatically align with a tribe and pigeonhole an opponent with a tribe. No one was able to talk about substantive issues. The public has lost the capacity to discuss and even understand complex issues. Changing underlying issues will be key to any revival of meaningful politics.  AERIC’S learnings: The temptations for telling people what they want to hear are great. There are no prerequisites to service. Christians need to put themselves in situations to deal with hard questions There are a lot of good people in politics. There are a lot of bad people in politics. I am grateful for institutions GET IN TOUCH: We'd love to hear from you. Please send us an email or question at comment@cithonahillpodcast.com. MUSIC: Little Lily Swing, Tri-Tachyon, Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International, https://freemusicarchive.org/m....usic/Tri-Tachyon/the Sorry, Comfort Fit, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Germany (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 DE), https://freemusicarchive.org/m....usic/Comfort_Fit/For