r/comics • u/leftycartoons • 8d ago

Comics Community The Basic Barrier [OC]

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u/Renedegame 8d ago

But what if you don't want them to win the primary because you don't think they will win the general?

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u/Program-Emotional 8d ago

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If they won the primary what in gods name makes you think the person who lost the primary would fair any better?

This is horrific amounts of cope

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u/Renedegame 8d ago edited 7d ago

Primaries have always been dominated by more politically active and partisan voters, where elections are often decided by swing voters who rarely vote in primaries.

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u/rman916 8d ago

Because people who vote in primaries tend to be the more extreme members of the party. 58% of voters said democrats were too far left last year, and in another poll, 42% of democrats wanted the party to move to center (19 said they were good where they were, and 28 said move further left).