The DNC said in court primaries are theirs to screw with and the voters don't matter. They exist to funnel dissent into voting for the briber and to stiffle growth in other parties. Not to ensure the strongest candidate comes out of it. A number of key states also require you to register way in advance of even primaries in order to lock people in the 2 party trap and make it harder to vote for a 3rd party whenever the two major corporations churn out their shit sandwich and giant douche "choices".

3rd parties exist. Don't let any scare you into not voting for your values or claim that voting 3rd party is the equivalent of "not voting".

They're just desperately afraid they might have to compromise with an actual leftist one day instead of a fascist and that make