Today's blog post is regarding two uniquely different elections that have taken place in the world. One that has just completed and provided one of the biggest swings in congressional history, and the other election in question has to do with the legitimacy and the future of democracy in Ukraine.
As we all know in the United States we have just completed the midterm elections. This year the elections were extremely important because of the balance of power in the United States Senate. However what some of us may not know is that there have been plans for elections in Ukraine that have controversy attached to them. With the southeastern part of Ukraine still entrenched in conflict, the leaders of the the two separatist regions are threatening to hold their own elections to be separated from Ukraine with the support of Russia. The US, the EU, and other ally countries have warned both of the regions in question, as well as Russia for recognizing them. With tensions heating up, it will be interesting to see how this dynamic election season wraps up.
I think it is interesting to see more people getting invovled with the Senate elections. A lot of people don't pay much mind until they realize where they should be paying attention when voting if they really want to see that "change".
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