August 2026

News that Impacts Voters

News for the Week of August 3: Ranked Choice, The Importance of the Midterms, Why the Left is Rising and More

Carl Weinschenk Aug 3, 2026 0 Comments

The end of the summer is creeping up on us. One way we know is that we are seeing more back to school specials at…

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VTT’s Interactive House Platform

VTT is happy to announce that the Interacitve House assessment tool is available. It provides the House vote for each of the 435 districts two and four years ago, the closest 25 races during each cycle and what voters consider the three most pressing issues in their district. The interactive element is a slider that shifts the district vote as you change the national total and suggests how many flips a specific change would generate. Check it out.

Trump in Your Wallet

The current administration is costing you a lot of money. Here's an ongoing list:

Healthcare: Sunset of key ACA tax credits
Student loans: Deep changes increase costs
Food: Tariffs/trade wars
Housing: Tariffs on materials, immigration crackdown increases labor costs
Energy/Fuel: War with Iran
Imports: Tariffs/trade wars

Comparing Party Positions, State by State

The two parties govern in very different ways. Objective assessments (created with the help of AI) hopefully will make the point that not all parties and politicians are the same and therefore your vote matters. Click on the states we've covered so far:

Wisconsin
Alaska
Ohio
Illinois
New Jersey
California
Texas
Michigan
North Carolina
New York
Georgia
Iowa

The Goal of Vote This Time

Approximately 34% of eligible voters did not vote in the 2024 presidential election. About 48% didn't in the last midterm election.

We are in a national crisis. If you are a sporadic or non-voter please check out our content and revisit that decision.

Contact VTT at votethistime1@gmail.com. Check us out at Bluesky and LinkedIn.

August 2026

News for the Week of August 3: Ranked Choice, The Importance of the Midterms, Why the Left is Rising and More

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