We haven’t even entered midterm season yet and we’re arguing about Newsom’s viability. The focus should be on midterms. We still have 2 years for a new star to shine, for a progressive to break through, for the DNC to maybe get a clue.
I’d rather hear discussions about who is best to face off against Collins, how can we take back some of the house seats where the margins are thinnest, where could we break in.
There will never be a perfect candidate for any office. You will always have issues you don’t align on. If you think you align on everything, you’re probably not looking closely enough. Vote for freedom, join the conversation and advocate for change. I have seen many politicians change their beliefs over the years, often their positions are uninformed and giving them the right information can help and assuming they know the facts helps no one.
We are all flawed. We have all made mistakes. We are all capable of change. Politicians are no less suited to making mistakes than we are.
There are candidates I align with pretty much 99.99999)% with (and that’s only because I probably haven’t found the 1 thing I disagree with). I vote for those people and then get yelled at for doing so. Why? Cause they’re third party. Claudia de la Cruz last year was my dream candidate. I’d bulldoze mountains to get her in the White House. However, she ran for the PSL party and not the DNC so I constantly got called a Trump supporter for supporting her.
I say this with no disrespect intended. With the electoral and first past the post system, voting 3rd party at the national level is like spitting into the ocean. No one will notice, and maybe that vote could have made a difference elsewhere. It sucks but until we eliminate the electoral and have RCV or STAR voting, we cannot support 3rd party candidates.
All that being said, I do think that it is worth voting 3rd party for lower office or if your vote really wouldn’t affect the outcome.
I vote third party for every level cause where I live the only major party capable of winning is conservatives. Looking at the numbers, even if every single third party voter voted Dem, they’d still be 300-500k short or more to beat the conservative option. So voting for Dems here is literally no different than voting third party. Hell if they were even just 50k short of beating the Conservative party I’d start voting and supporting them, but there’s literally no point.
I will not say that you are wrong, just encourage you to take a deeper look into your congressional rep and below in the midterms. People are pissed, it might not turn to votes but maybe things will shift. Hell, talk to people in your community who might be willing to vote with you on a third party.
I do. I volunteer with the party to do protests, community services like providing food, water, diapers, clothing, and educating each other and others on the needs for reform of every aspect in American life (healthcare, education, income, housing, cost of living, how businesses are run, etc).
who’s also proposed a progressive alternative who could run in the primary.
The onus is on potential progressive or leftist presidential candidates to show up - it’s their decision. It takes a tremendous amount of courage and boldness to enter public consciousness and face scrutiny in every direction.
We haven’t even entered midterm season yet and we’re arguing about Newsom’s viability. The focus should be on midterms. We still have 2 years for a new star to shine, for a progressive to break through, for the DNC to maybe get a clue.
I’d rather hear discussions about who is best to face off against Collins, how can we take back some of the house seats where the margins are thinnest, where could we break in.
There will never be a perfect candidate for any office. You will always have issues you don’t align on. If you think you align on everything, you’re probably not looking closely enough. Vote for freedom, join the conversation and advocate for change. I have seen many politicians change their beliefs over the years, often their positions are uninformed and giving them the right information can help and assuming they know the facts helps no one.
We are all flawed. We have all made mistakes. We are all capable of change. Politicians are no less suited to making mistakes than we are.
There are candidates I align with pretty much 99.99999)% with (and that’s only because I probably haven’t found the 1 thing I disagree with). I vote for those people and then get yelled at for doing so. Why? Cause they’re third party. Claudia de la Cruz last year was my dream candidate. I’d bulldoze mountains to get her in the White House. However, she ran for the PSL party and not the DNC so I constantly got called a Trump supporter for supporting her.
I say this with no disrespect intended. With the electoral and first past the post system, voting 3rd party at the national level is like spitting into the ocean. No one will notice, and maybe that vote could have made a difference elsewhere. It sucks but until we eliminate the electoral and have RCV or STAR voting, we cannot support 3rd party candidates.
All that being said, I do think that it is worth voting 3rd party for lower office or if your vote really wouldn’t affect the outcome.
I vote third party for every level cause where I live the only major party capable of winning is conservatives. Looking at the numbers, even if every single third party voter voted Dem, they’d still be 300-500k short or more to beat the conservative option. So voting for Dems here is literally no different than voting third party. Hell if they were even just 50k short of beating the Conservative party I’d start voting and supporting them, but there’s literally no point.
I will not say that you are wrong, just encourage you to take a deeper look into your congressional rep and below in the midterms. People are pissed, it might not turn to votes but maybe things will shift. Hell, talk to people in your community who might be willing to vote with you on a third party.
I do. I volunteer with the party to do protests, community services like providing food, water, diapers, clothing, and educating each other and others on the needs for reform of every aspect in American life (healthcare, education, income, housing, cost of living, how businesses are run, etc).
I haven’t seen a single person whining about Newsom who’s also proposed a progressive alternative who could run in the primary.
This is when we’re supposed to bring in leftist candidates. Instead, they’ll do nothing, and then whine about the inevitable results.
The onus is on potential progressive or leftist presidential candidates to show up - it’s their decision. It takes a tremendous amount of courage and boldness to enter public consciousness and face scrutiny in every direction.
Yeah, and if they don’t, we’ll just let the fascists take over