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2026-07-07 04:43 UTC

But how does blue no matter who work? Like most of the time you hear that it’s when the candidate is too right wing and people are asked to look past that because they can win. But what if someone wins the primary but then is like sike actually I am going to eat a puppy every day for lunch. Who decides they went to far for “blue no matter who”?

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@Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 2026-07-07 04:59

VBNMW is just a social campaign to try to keep the party cohesive. The voters individually decide if they follow it. Even in the case of something egregious, it’s probably still better than the alternative though. Senate terms are 6 years and every member is valuable, even if they’re unreliable on some things. We know how Susan Collins will vote and that’s worse than Platner being a bad person. In the House of Representatives the terms are only 2 years and each vote is less important, so giving up a seat to the opposition might be worth it to not get saddled with a particularly bad Democrat as an incumbent (incumbents tend to have a big advantage on reelection). My very blue house seat has been stuck with a very conservative Democrat for like 6-8 years now and we’d have been better off if he just lost his first election.

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