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DSA debates how to debate AOC presidential endorsement
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I voted for Harris to stop Trump, but I blame the DNC for losing. People no longer want “good enough.”
I guess your assumptions are wrong 🤷♂️
Go ahead and continue to support failure, though. Don’t hold your own accountable.
Well I vote in primaries for progressives which is really the only way to both hold our representatives accountable and also wield power for ourselves. It's literally the only way to hold the DNC accountable, by replacing them and building a truly progressive party. And then you keep republicans out in the general at all costs, which means voting dem. Everything else gets republicans elected. That's the reality.
So we’re in agreement on primaries. Vote actual left candidates in the primaries. That still doesn’t mean I trust the DNC to honor that, after what they did to Bernie in 2016, or forcing Harris upon us in 2024.
In my political hellscape of North Carolina, they only give us the option of write in, dem or Republican. We’re also gerrymandered to the point where my vote only means something in my district, but sparsely populated rural areas have disproportionate sway. Next time, I’m doing research into what actual progressive candidates are out there for a write-in. I just wish they’d primary more quality candidates here.
Follow the money. Only vote for non-corporate and non-AIPAC progressives.
Oh a write in, that's voting responsibly.
Well looks like you supported genocide and you still ended up with a fascist as president. Must not feel very good. What can you possibly change next time to not get that result?
Trump will keel over dead by then so you cant rely on anti-trumpism to be your only card.
You saw how pretty much every single demographic of the base crumbled from 2020 levels right? whats to stop that from occurring again, because the current level of belief in 'the Democratic party brand' is not going to convince anyone now is it. And you're not just fighting republicans, you are fighting anger and disengagement that will keep people on their couches instead of of hauling themselves to the polls. So is "fuck you, you'll vote my way or I'll blame you" your whole pitch?
My options: Vote blue in a general election (which I’d likely have to do).
Primaries: In this state, I get the choice of establishment dem or Republican, neither represent progressive values in a hotly contested tested purple state). My choice of candidates is restricted. There is no other choice than write in, or going with the choices already chosen for me. There was no one else on my primary ballot as a registered dem voter.
So yep, I could’ve wrote in Ronald McDonald for this last primary, and it wouldn’t have made any difference. There are more than enough moderates in this purple state to put the establishment guy on the ballot. I’ll be holding my nose to vote for the establishment guy, because that’s at least better than the “other guy.”
And that’s the state of politics in a battleground state. Always have to vote for the lesser of two evils, not for someone actually any good.
So if my centrist guy gets voted and helps hold back the rest of the party, don’t blame me I guess?