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What Do Democrats Need to Do? Act Like an Opposition Party.
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Please keep that attitude in 2028, when every mention of voting third party gets you called a Nazi and "a vote for 3P is a vote for Trump!!"
When there's a viable third party candidate, sure.
Otherwise - yes, it is a vote against your own interests. Hi, I'm one of those who pointed out its just a vote for trump in this past election. It was true then, its still true now. You don't start during the presidential election season, or you're just a grifter.
You push for 3rd party in local and state elections and get viable candidates.
Jill Stein is still nothing more than a piece of trash grifter.
Jill Stein is too busy having lunch with Putin to join the conversation.
Edit: you already called her out. I should read the whole comment before having a kneejerk reaction.
Well, it is, statistically. The voting system makes sure of that. We need a better system before we can vote for the best, not the one who is most likely to beat the worst.
Failing to account for the constraints of the system you’re participating in is a recipe for failing to succeed in said system.
I’m not saying I like the DNC - in fact, I have come to outright detest the party as a whole. But there’s a reason why all the younger progressive legislators are still in the Democratic Party, and that’s tactical political pragmatism. That said, I do think the results of this election, and this continuing ratfucking by the DNC oligarchs is going to be seen as the breaking point in history books (if we eventually pull out of this authoritarian slide and have history books in the future, that is).
Different scenario. The hard work of getting a new party or new candidates into the process needs to be done right now. If you don't see any fruits of that hard work come election day then you need to go with the stop-gap option.