The mid-term elections of 2022 have been called a “political tinderbox” by pundits and citizens alike. Campaign dollars flew toward “mud flinging” ads across the board, as sensationalism has become the new normal for our political environment. Locally, one abnormality became evident just before the primaries this past spring: there were seemingly no Democratic contenders on Yellowstone County’s ballots, leading both Republican and Democrat voters in Yellowstone County to ask, “Where did the Democrats go?” read more
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