Regardless of your politics, you need to vote for the best result in the system we have.
In the “first past the post” single-ballot-plurality-wins contests that dominate in America, anything but a vote for the runner up is an endorsement of the eventual winner.
For most Americans, the only real choices in the general elections are “R”, “D”, and “either”.
It really sucks. Absent a revolution of some kind, until you are sure you have enough to WIN 270 electoral college votes, everyone needs to keep voting for the lesser of two bad choices.
A party failing at messaging does not absolve voters from making intelligent decisions.
Parties have entire histories proving where they stand. It is voter’s responsibility to be aware of those histories in order to be informed voters. You can’t rely on a party’s messaging to inform voters, just appeal to their emotions.
Regardless of your politics, you need to vote for the best result in the system we have.
In the “first past the post” single-ballot-plurality-wins contests that dominate in America, anything but a vote for the runner up is an endorsement of the eventual winner.
For most Americans, the only real choices in the general elections are “R”, “D”, and “either”.
This election losing approach to needs to become dead and buried.
It really sucks. Absent a revolution of some kind, until you are sure you have enough to WIN 270 electoral college votes, everyone needs to keep voting for the lesser of two bad choices.
For a real revolution we also need 218 house members and 67 senators (out of the current totals of 435 and 100).
Could possibly get by with 50 senators plus the VP if all could be counted on to pass the necessary court reform.
True, thank you.
And then the football will be yanked away again as we get just enough manchins voting against.
If you want to win, you need to get people to vote for you. Democrats prefer to lose.
A party failing at messaging does not absolve voters from making intelligent decisions.
Parties have entire histories proving where they stand. It is voter’s responsibility to be aware of those histories in order to be informed voters. You can’t rely on a party’s messaging to inform voters, just appeal to their emotions.
Right. Democrats have a long history of betraying the left and shifting right.