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  • Dem Bosain@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    There's a big difference between "always vote for the Democrat" and "always vote for Trump".

    The only reason I voted blue last time around was because my third-party vote wasn't anti-Trump enough in 2016. And I will continue voting blue until Republicans understand what Americans truly want from their politicians, and act accordingly. I will probably be voting blue for the rest of my life, but will be pleasantly surprised if there comes a time when I don't have to.

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      1 year ago

      There’s a big difference between “always vote for the Democrat” and “always vote for Trump”.

      A big chunk of the Trump electorate has been increasingly radicalized Republicans. Folks who genuinely believe Democrats are Satanic. The Trump movement works by tapping into this cohort and feeding on their intense anxiety.

      Democrats are getting a similar treatment, particularly as old GOP staffers change parties.

      I will continue voting blue until Republicans understand what Americans truly want from their politicians

      Doggedly putting up candidates like Kristen Sinema, Eric Adams, and Dianne Feinstein to high office won't compel Republicans to change.

      One routinely sides with her conservative friends and calls it bipartisan, another feeds off blue lives matter jingoism and fuels the hysteria, and the third is too senile to present any kind of strategic opposition even presuming her politics don't suck.

      There's no future for progressive politics in a party that can win as Republican Lite.

      • teuast@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        i agree with some of what you said but i do have to mention that dianne feinstein has been dead for over a month