Post #1349224

2026-01-28 05:32 UTC

How does it help suppress the vote? I have had things to complain about regarding Democrats that are *valid complaints* for 26 years, since I could legally vote. I haven't just bowed out of voting due to those valid complaints. I see this trotted out a lot, but I'm curious who you're actually referring to. Harris wasn't my cup of tea, I was especially upset that we didn't even get an actual primary because of Biden's idiocy and backtracking on his promise of being a one-term President, but I still fucking voted for her. I see this sentiment around a lot, and it seems like it does little other than prevent Democratic voters from ever being allowed to voice their valid complaints about their own party and instead are supposed to suck it up and play pretend that everything is perfect like Republicans do with their party.

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@Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 2026-01-28 06:24

Well you're smart, but you'd be amazed how many people aren't. A lot of muslims and Palestine allies in 2024 voted for Jill Stein's Greens because they were mad about Israel. And I really hope they've learned their lesson, but I fear they haven't, and that they're going to make a bad decision for the Gazans in the midterms because of their anger. You need to be careful about how you talk in front of the people who aren't as strategic.

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@thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 2026-01-28 08:26

Historically, GOP candidates have benefited from lower voter turnout (Trump ‘24 being the only notable exception in 40+ years). By disincentivising Dems and Independents from voting because “both sides bad” and “nothing gets better” it’s increasing the chances of a Republican victory, and accelerating your nations decline. Your primaries are the period you’re meant to vote **for** your preferred candidate, whereas in the general election you vote **against** the candidate you hate _more._

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@VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-01-28 17:17

Part of why I think the Democratic Party is failing is that they think just because the opponent is crazy, they don't need to offer anything. If all you're offering is the status quo that people are clearly unhappy about, they're going to go with the wildcard.

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@ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com 2026-01-28 11:46

Last election cycle I would be driving around town, and of course you see the rabid maga cultists plastering dear leader on everything. You would find a few tepid supporters of Biden/Harris, nothing extravagant but Dems don't tend to go into a frenzy over their candidates. More anti-trump than anything when he's been a factor. Then you have the 'genocide joe' crowd, who largely treat it as a given that people know the maga clan is bad so they don't say anything about them, but are real vocal about how bad the Dems are and make it their business to shout it at everyone. Now anyone that can math knows our system only works for two parties and with the two electoral votes auto granted to every state as a base it favors small more rural ones that tend to vote red. When people go around constantly going on about how bad the only viable party to the r's is then people end up with a 'fuck it, why bother' mindset. I'm no fan of the weak spine 'we wrote a nasty letter' D's who won't lay a real smackdown on the idiots across the aisle, but I can see why it happens. The right and far right will fervently vote for whomever is the most vicious option they think they can get away with. The far left though, they tend to protest and stay home if someone doesn't pass their purity test, so their support and votes are unreliable.

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