We've spent a lot of time in this series explaining midterm elections.

Why they happen, how they work, who runs in them, what shows up on the ballot.

And I feel like we got there.

You know, midterms crash course accomplished.

Why do I feel there's a button in here, Anna?

But our goal, I mean, it's the title of the first episode.

Our goal was to convince people that midterms matter.

You know, full disclosure, we definitely had an agenda we were trying to prove a point.

Yes, that's true, but midterms do matter.

Of course they matter.

They can change the course of politics.

They change the law.

But I'm stuck on that final step, participation, showing up to vote.

Because midterms are going to happen whether people turn out for them or not.

Now that is actually my least favorite excuse for not voting.

Okay, hear me out.

We started with the goal of proving the power, right, the worth of this election.

And I think we partially felt we needed to do that because a lot of people don't care.

And we know that because we can look at voter turnout numbers and see that people just

don't show up for the midterms the way they do for presidential elections.

Yeah, but this is understandable.

When you're voting for the leader of the free world, the largest office in our country,

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