Some were expecting and hoping for a “Blue Wave” this voting midterm, but was anyone expecting a “Rainbow Wave”? There has been a 320% increase in LGBT+ candidates since 2010. Along with the first Muslim and Native American women in history to be voted into Congress, the first openly bisexual senator was voted in as well. In addition to this wave came many other controversial decisions like voters in Utah, Idaho and Nebraska voted to expand Medicaid. Michigan legalized marijuana. Nebraska and Missouri raised the minimum wage. Amendment 11 in Florida made reforms retroactive, Louisiana now requires unanimous jury verdicts in felony cases, and Colorado voters abolished unpaid prison labor.

With any election, the country is divided on whether all of this is “an amazing step forward for our country”, or saying “[liberals] amuse me with [their] fear tactics, LOL, get them out of office already”. In this day and age, everyone has very strong opinions on politics. Even though some people regard all of these candidates as superheroes, they’re just the same as everyone else in Congress. They’re working their hardest and putting everything into this job to make the country a better place.