Progress!

This election saw many wonderful changes in our country that really restores some of my optimism about Americans in general.

We put the first Asian-American woman in the Senate!

Maize Hirono of Hawaii

We elected the first LGBT Senator!

Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin

We chose the first female amputee for Congress!

Tammy Duckworth of Illinois

There are now a record twenty female Senators!

Including all the previous female Senators, who were re-elected, and the two ladies mentioned above, these women joined the ranks:

Deb Fischer of Nebraska

Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts 

We have our first Hindu-American to serve in Congress, also a woman!

Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii

White men are no longer the majority in the House Democratic Caucus with the addition of a record number of minority groups!

Four states legalized gay marriage!

There are now more openly LGBT Congresspeople than ever before!

Sean Maloney of New York

Colorado and Washington legalized recreational marijuana.

(Which in my opinion is a good thing economically whether or not you actually plan on making use of this law.)

ALL of the men who made insensitive (and frankly wrong) remarks about women, abortion, and rape failed to get reelected!

And, of course, the first mixed-race President won a second term!

(And also won the popular vote, just FYI.)

Whatever you think of these people's politics, they represent a distinctive move toward a better and more egalitarian country. This is an election I can be proud to have participated in!