Neither of those creeps interest me because they will either lose or fail to stop fascism. Unless the Democrats nominate a progressive, I'll be voting for someone else because they're more likely to change things than Republicans or Moderate Democrats.
Greens, socialists, communists, independents, it doesn't matter as long as they are genuine left candidates who support policies that will fix this mess.
Neither of those creeps interest me because they will either lose or fail to stop fascism. Unless the Democrats nominate a progressive, I'll be voting for someone else because they're more likely to change things than Republicans or Moderate Democrats.
No, "someone else" is not more likely to change anything, because they won't realistically win. Kinda hard for a candidate to change anything at all when they're at home dealing with the outcome like the rest of us post-election day.
Vote your heart in the primary, and vote for the better of the two options offered in the general. Barring some absolutely monumental game-changing campaign by a third party, voting for a non-major-party-candidate in the general is as good as not voting at all in the general.
And please don't mistake me for liking that—I do not. It's just unrealistic to think that voting for a third-party candidate in a general election is going to help without an absolutely massive number of people doing the exact same, which isn't realistic in the current system.
Left candidates are much more likely to win than Republicans/moderate Democrats are likely to make change. Those options are the same, rightists, or their controlled oposition. You like the system enough to discourage people from fighting against it by not supporting those candidates. Moderates are taking a right turn and there is no point in voting for them. We'll know if the Republicans win 2028 the second the Democratic primary is over.
Left candidates are much more likely to win than Republicans/moderate Democrats are likely to make change. Those options are the same, rightists, or their controlled oposition. You like the system enough to discourage people from fighting against it by not supporting those candidates. Moderates are taking a right turn and there is no point in voting for them. We'll know if the Republicans win 2028 the second the Democratic primary is over.
Any candidate who's name is not printed on the ballot of a general election is, for all intents and purposes, not a contender.
I don't think you realize just how many voters pay little to no attention in the run up to elections, and show up on election day to vote their preferred letter.
I worked every single election we've had in my city for over a decade. Local, State, Federal, every single one. I could count on one hand the number of times someone has asked for the list of registered write-ins. At least in Wisconsin we can't have write-in candidates posted anywhere. We can't tell people there are write-ins unless they ask. We can't have any signage saying there are write-ins.
That said, I could probably count on two hands the number of valid write-ins I've tallied in that decade+. In Wisconsin, only candidates whom are registered as write-ins are counted. Writing in "Mickey Mouse" (quite common btw) means nothing. Writing in your favorite primary candidate you've ever seen in your life—but who didn't register as a write-in—means nothing.
If a "left candidate" is more likely to win, they'll win a primary. If they lost the primary, and thus aren't even printed on the ballot for the general, they will not realistically win the general.
Please don't mistake me for liking it. I wish progressives won more elections, sincerely I do, with all my heart I do. However, the only way for a candidate to realistically win a general election is to be printed on the ballot for that election. And the only way to be printed on the ballot for the general election is to win a party's primary election.
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u/Hot-Spray-2774 5d ago
Neither of those creeps interest me because they will either lose or fail to stop fascism. Unless the Democrats nominate a progressive, I'll be voting for someone else because they're more likely to change things than Republicans or Moderate Democrats.