I’m not abandoning my convictions, I’ll vote for the Democrat I think most aligns with my beliefs in the primary which I’m hoping is AOC. If my candidate doesn’t win I will vote for the person I think is better to run the country(just a wild guess but it won’t be the Republican candidate). The green party/Jil Stein doesn’t interest me at all.
If Gavin Newsome is the Democratic candidate, he will be the only viable voting choice. I’d only be abandoning my convictions if I didn’t vote, or voted for an option that has zero chance of winning.
Voting for a candidate that won’t possibly win is not a viable choice. It improves the odds of the person who is counter to all my convictions winning instead of 1/2 of them.
I’m not saying that the DNC isn’t wrong about their approach to getting voters, but the worst option is for them to back a candidate like Newsome without the charisma aka Kamala Harris.
If Kamala was running with Bernie’s platform she probably wins a close race. If Newsome ran on Bernie’s platform it’s probably a landslide. Him running kamala’s platform it’s probably a narrow victory. I think AOC would win by less than Newsome if they were both running her platform, because misogyny, but still wins pretty big overall in the general.
If Newsome ran on Bernie’s platform it’s probably a landslide.
If Newsom had Sanders’ platform, not only would he not be Newsom, he wouldn’t be the democratic darling.
AOC is supremely charismatic, and so is Sanders. Democrats keep them on short leashes because they’re popular, and because they’d completely ruin the democratic fundraising platform. That’s it. That’s the whole thing.
Yeah no shit but I’d rather vote for slow progress than deal with the rapid decline of social and economic freedom under Republican rule. Railing against Democrats like Newsome especially after primaries happen is fucking foolish.
I’m not abandoning my convictions, I’ll vote for the Democrat I think most aligns with my beliefs in the primary which I’m hoping is AOC. If my candidate doesn’t win I will vote for the person I think is better to run the country(just a wild guess but it won’t be the Republican candidate). The green party/Jil Stein doesn’t interest me at all.
If Gavin Newsome is the Democratic candidate, he will be the only viable voting choice. I’d only be abandoning my convictions if I didn’t vote, or voted for an option that has zero chance of winning.
Voting for a candidate that won’t possibly win is not a viable choice. It improves the odds of the person who is counter to all my convictions winning instead of 1/2 of them.
I’m not saying that the DNC isn’t wrong about their approach to getting voters, but the worst option is for them to back a candidate like Newsome without the charisma aka Kamala Harris.
If Kamala was running with Bernie’s platform she probably wins a close race. If Newsome ran on Bernie’s platform it’s probably a landslide. Him running kamala’s platform it’s probably a narrow victory. I think AOC would win by less than Newsome if they were both running her platform, because misogyny, but still wins pretty big overall in the general.
If Newsom had Sanders’ platform, not only would he not be Newsom, he wouldn’t be the democratic darling.
AOC is supremely charismatic, and so is Sanders. Democrats keep them on short leashes because they’re popular, and because they’d completely ruin the democratic fundraising platform. That’s it. That’s the whole thing.
Yeah no shit but I’d rather vote for slow progress than deal with the rapid decline of social and economic freedom under Republican rule. Railing against Democrats like Newsome especially after primaries happen is fucking foolish.
But railing against them well before that is warranted.