{"id":80756,"date":"2026-11-01T07:55:19","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T12:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/01\/a-curmudgeons-guide-to-the-2026-us-elections-dave-schilling\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T07:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T12:55:19","slug":"a-curmudgeons-guide-to-the-2026-us-elections-dave-schilling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/01\/a-curmudgeons-guide-to-the-2026-us-elections-dave-schilling\/","title":{"rendered":"A curmudgeon\u2019s guide to the 2026 US elections | Dave Schilling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the cheesecake factory discourse to the double Dan Sullivans, campaign season has been ridiculous<\/p>\n<p>Chances are, as you\u2019re reading this, your bunker is fully stocked, your doors are locked, and you\u2019re peeking at your computer screen through gaps between your fingers.<\/p>\n<p>After all, it\u2019s election day on Tuesday. Once again, democracy will be tested \u2013 like Beavis &amp; Butthead taking the SATs. I\u2019m not looking forward to it, and I\u2019m sure you aren\u2019t either.<\/p>\n<p>Dave Schilling is a Los Angeles-based writer and humorist<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2026\/nov\/01\/midterm-elections-dan-sullivan\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the cheesecake factory discourse to the double Dan Sullivans, campaign season has been ridiculous Chances are, as you\u2019re reading this, your bunker is fully stocked, your doors are locked, and you\u2019re peeking at your computer screen through gaps between your fingers. After all, it\u2019s election day on Tuesday. Once again, democracy will be tested &#8230; <a title=\"A curmudgeon\u2019s guide to the 2026 US elections | Dave Schilling\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/01\/a-curmudgeons-guide-to-the-2026-us-elections-dave-schilling\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about A curmudgeon\u2019s guide to the 2026 US elections | Dave Schilling\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80756\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}