#election guide

My name is Ariella Elm and I run The Daily Elm.

The Daily Elm is your place to learn what is going right in the world and for things that aren't, what can you do to make it better.

I created this project back at the end of January, it's daily, so today is Day 298, if you were wondering.

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You're not gonna like everything I say. For starters, I am a Democrat first, meaning the most important thing to know about me is how I vote. But, if I had to give myself another identity, I'd say "pragmatic progressive."

I am nuanced as shit, which, I know, is a very strange thing to say in 2025, but, well, I like a challenge.

I know that the people who spend their time on Tumblr are my target audience, and many of you don't use other platforms, so I decided it was time to come to you.

I have three series and a daily "long yap" as I've started calling it.

Long Yap - Something that I think deserves a longer post. It's an essay. I try not to make it too long and I fail every time. I will be posting those here in full.

Three Wins Today - Three things going right in the world, the smaller the better. Chances are you will never have heard of them before, that's the goal anyway, cause I want you to see more than three wins in one day. For now, for my sanity this will just be a link back to my website.

Daily Dems Doing the Work, Making Noise and Fighting Back - Four Democrats in the US House or Senate who are leveraging their power, usually stories you probably haven't heard at all. This could be using their voice, their letterhead, legislation etc. And this will also just be a link, for now.

Doomerella Gets Schooled - It's a skit where my alter ego and I banter about these stories. She's like you, scared and angry and doesn't think there's much hope and certainly not anything she can do about it. We're not very nice to each other, but It's fun to film, and hopefully fun to watch.

Election Day is Every Tuesday - A weekly election guide with all the elections I can find around the country. Which is never all the elections., there just isn't a complete database to be found. Most elections are nonpartisan so hopefully this helps. And makes people realize that there isn't a special election year or election month, they're happening all the time.

That was a lot, if you're still here, and you have other platforms, make sure to follow me there too!

Excited to be here with all of you!

I also don’t have anyone from Vermont, South Dakota, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Idaho, or Wyoming. But I knew about that already.

So if you live in any of those states and you want me to cover your elections, join my voting group! Cause I’m now targeting my election guides to districts that I have audience in

And Mayor Muriel Bowser is not seaking a fourth term, so DC has some pretty important elections in this week’s primary.

In addition…

The entire state of Alabama has a runoff, and then there are some local races as well, same goes for Georgia, Oklahoma has their midterm primary, and finally, in California, Swalwell’s seat is getting filled, or it will if one candidate gets over 50% of the vote.

There might be only two Midterm primaries, but this is a jam packed election week.

I also want to note that I have finally followed through on my promise from previous weeks. If you are a member of my voter group, I am targeting your races. That means, I’m spending more time finding more info, writing down priorities and endorsements etc.

If you see a race with only candidates and a link to their campaign website, that means I don’t have any voters signed up in that district. So if you want me and my team to cover your election, please sign up for my voter group.

These guides are not easy, so this is the best way to make it less stressful for me and my team.

If you join my voting group, comment 🗳️ (a ballot box) cause, you know…

Voter group:

Guide:

This week there’s a couple races in Plant City, Florida, but most of the races are runoffs in Texas. And my god are there some doozies. Some candidates got to the runoff that NEVER should have gotten anywhere close, and that makes Tuesday’s elections incredibly important.

Also Texas races are mostly on Saturdays and this week they are TUESDAY. So between it being a runoff and on a different day, turnout will be low, which means EVERY VOTE COUNTS even more than in the original primary.

I can’t guarantee I have every election, but I hope this helps anyway, and if you want to make sure I have yours in the future, join my voting group, Election Day is Every Tuesday.

Without further ado…

Election time! This coming week, the biggest election, in my opinion, is making sure we hold MI SD 35, because if we don’t the Senate will be tied.

Otherwise, on Tues we got a local race in CA, FL, and SC. IN and OH primaries. MI has a couple recalls. MT has several district elections including school district trustees. And on Sat, we got some local elections in DE and MA.

PLEASE vote. No matter how small or incosequential your election may seem, I PROMISE your vote can have such an impact.

I’ve included early voting as well, so even if you don’t live in those states, you might already be able to vote in YOUR next election.

I hope this guide helps!

All of my CA June 2 endorsements are up on Sway! It is based on my own ballot so not every Californian is gonna find every part of it helpful, but hopefully it helps you at least a bit

Also, I changed the name of my voting group to be more accurate. My voting group is now called, to no one’s surprise…

Election Day is Every Tuesday

(and even though these endorsements are specifically about California, signing up, helps me with all states)

Sign up below!

Well, I need your help.

I have a new voting group on Sway called Daily Elmlings.

When you sign up to my voting group, I get all that info so I know where my members have elections.

My election guides will now be PERSONALLY targeted to my audience.

But you have to join for it to work.

I currently have 70 voters in 30 states, my goal is for 100 voters in all 50 states by the end of the day. That’s only 30 more voters!

Did I convince you yet?

I certainly hope you know about one of the elections this week, and that, of course, would be VA redistricting referendum, but, of course that’s not all.

On Tue, there is a recall in CO, several municipal in FL, School Board in NJ (including Newark which had a 3% turnout when I started this whole election guide thing in 2023), and finally on Sat is a municipal race in DE.

As always, every single race matters, no matter how small. So make sure to vote!

Let’s get started!