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Opinion: Granite Staters voted for change. Now we must demand it.

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Source: Concord Monitor

The 2026 midterm elections sent an unmistakable message across New Hampshire and the country. Voters are demanding a government that actually centers the needs and interests of working class people. Now comes the hard part: keeping the pressure on. In the coming months, we will inevitably hear rhetoric from both sides of the aisle urging moderation. Politicians will remind us that actions to meaningfully address the crises facing our communities are simply unattainable. We will be told, as we often are, that universal healthcare, affordable housing, quality education and ambitious climate action are “too expensive.” Yet somehow, no matter the state of the economy, there is always enough money for another military base, another weapons contract, another foreign intervention — and today, a live-streamed genocide.

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