• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Vote in the leftists in the primaries, and vote for harm reduction in the general. Any other strategy being peddled is either poor strategy, or a campaign designed to keep people from voting.

    Democratic socialists have won several big races recently because people actually bothered to vote in the fucking primary instead of just bitching about it while refusing to vote against literal fascists.

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      3 days ago

      Vote in the leftists in the primaries, and vote for harm reduction in the general.

      Sometimes harm reduction means voting for a good primary candidate, watching them lose, and staying home in the general because the alternative is a liberal-coded fascist.

      Democratic socialists have won several big races recently because people actually bothered to vote in the fucking primary

      Turnout swells when candidates run on positions that voters support. The DemSocs didn’t win because people just happened to vote in larger numbers. More people voted because DemSocs were loud, proud, socially active, and adapt at getting people excited to support them.

      When that energy goes away, Democrats lose long term. When institutional liberals try to smear and undercut DemSocs, they Dick Cheney their own base of support.

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        2 days ago

        Not voting is by far the absolute stupidest voting strategy of all time.

        Ragebait more believably, please

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          2 days ago

          Both parties play this game. They scream at their base “It’s US or SOMEONE WORSE!” and then 40 years later you’ve got Hillary Clinton losing to Donald Trump.

          Voting out of hysteria is exactly how you get people like Trump in office.

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            2 days ago

            Not voting is actually what got us here. The dems didnt have time to hold a primary because biden refused to secede, so the people didnt get to vote for a candidate, they were forced into voting for kamala.

            If youre correct and emotional voting is a rampant issue, kamala would have won in a landslide.In reality, people dont vote or arent excited to vote for the status quo, or are convinced by people like you to not vote.

            Voting for the second most evil person is infinitely better than idly watching the most evil person win by default.

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        2 days ago

        And how does electing Republicans improve things? Because not voting Dem in the general results in Republicans being elected. And THAT sends the message that the party should cater more to those who do vote, which swings the party to the right.