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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.
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.
Not voting is by far the absolute stupidest voting strategy of all time.
Ragebait more believably, please
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.
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.
All three Trump elections saw record high turnout.
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.
It's a false choice when your only options are fascists.
Consider Jim Justice, for instance.
And this is why the left always loses.
laughs in Michigan Senate
El-Sayed is a Democrat, is he not?
A Democratic Socialist.
The Schumercrats went $30M in the hole to kill his campaign.
Sorry, what political party is El-Sayed part of again?
Also, which party did you just get finished telling us not to vote for, again?
I've got some more terrible news for you.
Outside of the races for Congress, progressives had a very good night in Michigan. They won multiple open legislative seats against establishment-backed opponents in Grand Rapids, Lansing, Kalamazoo, and Detroit. The DSA also flipped a seat in Detroit!
Socialists are absolutely running the liberal Dems off the board
Those progressives belong to the Democratic party, do they not? Did you not just get finished telling us all not to vote for Democrats?
Why would this be terrible for me, specifically? I vote for Democrats.