# Voters fear the America they’ve known is slipping away. On that, the left and right agree

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/voters-fear-the-america-theyve-known-is-slipping-away-on-that-the-left-and-right-agree/
- Published: 2026-11-03T09:00:00-06:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo: Voting in St Paul, Minnesota &#8211; March 3, 2020. Photo credit: “Primary voting in St Paul, Minnesota” by Lorie Shaull via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by Marc Levy, Mike Catalini, John Hanna and Calvin Woodward. AP News &#8211; updated November 2, 2026. The stakes in Tuesday’s midterm elections are so high that Shane Dunn voted for the first time in his life, at age 65. After a career as a cook up and down the East Coast, Dunn moved to the Philadelphia suburbs and voted last week in Levittown. “I was always a busy man,” he said outside his polling place. But now, “I’m learning what’s going on within our country, and this is actually what brought me out.” Democrats got his vote. “It feels great, to put my word in,” he said, patting the “I Voted” sticker on his black hoodie. [&#8230;] Click here to view the original article at www.apnews.com Curated by John Wysocki See Full Bio

## Comments

### By: Alan494

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/voters-fear-the-america-theyve-known-is-slipping-away-on-that-the-left-and-right-agree/#comment-9544
- Published: 2026-11-03T11:03:00-06:00

Thanks for sharing this thoughtful piece. I enjoyed how you moved from one idea to another without making the article feel rushed.
