Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said in an interview with NBC News that he will encourage progressive voters to still back Democrats on the ticket in November even if moderates are victorious in the primaries.
Every small victory matters. Even if losing an election, get more people to vote. Suddenly a sure fire victory of 20+ points becomes 15 points. Then 10. Then 5. And over 10 years it inches closer to flipping.
People who don’t vote because “Why bother, the other party wins bigly all the time” are the reason the other party wins bigly. More people will vote for your party over time when they see the slow crawl of it “mattering more”.
Every small victory matters. Even if losing an election, get more people to vote. Suddenly a sure fire victory of 20+ points becomes 15 points. Then 10. Then 5. And over 10 years it inches closer to flipping.
People who don’t vote because “Why bother, the other party wins bigly all the time” are the reason the other party wins bigly. More people will vote for your party over time when they see the slow crawl of it “mattering more”.