you'd have to be braindead to be happy with the state of the US right now.
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Unfortunately a lot of Americans are.
So they are going to change their electoral tactics, right?
Right????
Yes the ones who voted this time will sit out next time
Yet they keep supporting Republicans at ever corner, at every step. If. A Republican drops something, a Democrat will go "ohh, let me get that for you"
What the fuck has been going on with the US for like the past 6 decades or so?
Good! As a Democratic Strategist I can USE this Information to CONVINCE the DNC to go even FURTHER Right to Court the Republicans who ARE Happy with the US! That's the ONLY way we can WIN again!
i can see why
GOOD.
EDIT: Maybe next time they'll actually go out and vote.
Those of us who do vote would especially like to see that outside our districts. Primary the useless ones and even if you hate the result, vote for the Democrat anyway in the general. Anything is better than the fucking ghouls in the Republican party. I'd literally rather vote for an actual ghoul if one promised to only eat the brains of Republicans.
Agreed! VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO (UNLESS the Blue is someone the DNC DOESNT Like then you should vote INDEPENDENT No Matter Who!)!
Voting for an independent over a Democrat is the equivalent of pissing into the wind. Unless the Democrat eats human babies and the Republican votes for better gun control, you ignore the independents. If you can't understand why then go watch some videos on game theory. Or math.
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That's not the root of the problem. You aren't going to solve anything by berating voters. People who don't feel heard don't vote, or they shift towards fascism. Berating them just exacerbates the problem because it makes them feel even less heard. You aren't helping.
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Happy to vote in a primary and not have a candidate coronated by the party heads yet again
Primary results are decided by number of votes.
Candidates you liked were invited to participate in the primary by the party heads.
K. Happy to have a primary to decide the will of the voters and who they would like to be the nominee instead of a coronation by the crooks in the DNC
Oh for fucks sake. Ya think?
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