Mamdani won the House minority leader's district by double digits in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary, prompting one critic to ask, "Do those voters not matter?"
Ok so I’m feeling kind of generous today. I will try to explain this to you as best I can. Vote blue no matter who is an Election Day-only strategy. It is not an advocacy for shitty right wing candidates to win in primaries or for decent people to support prior to the election.
As I mentioned a few days ago, the right wing corporate Democrats never adhere to vote blue no matter who, as Joe Lieberman, Byron Brown, and Andrew Cuomo prove. It is not a strategy for them, it’s a strategy for us; those of us who understand that when there is a guaranteed outcome of one of the candidates no matter what, we have a moral obligation to vote against the worst candidate.
The important part is that since this is an Election Day action, it does not have any effect on the Democrats. The (corporate) Democrats don’t learn lessons, that’s the thing that folks like you need to understand. When they win, it’s because they moderated their message; when they lose, they didn’t moderate their message enough.
If you think random people sitting out elections, even in larger numbers, constitutes collective action, you are sorely mistaken. Only something like a drastic highly organized boycott of the Democrats could yield something like that—and by the time you’re at that level of organization, you might as well be voting real socialists into office. I helped elect Kshama Sawant here in Seattle, so it’s not like that’s hopeless, but we’re talking about a different kind of race.
Democrats don’t get more right wing because voters just keep electing them. The alternative is Republicans in most cases. That’s where vote blue no matter who comes in. Once one of them is gonna win no matter what, you vote against the Republican. This does not have any effect on Democrats whatsoever. Real activism is done in the other 99.9999% of the time you’re not in a voter booth.
It’s time to recognize the stakes for decent folks here. Those of us who understand elections, voting, and politics know that the difference between a Democrat and a Republican can mean life or death for people. That trans person is being ridiculous. Gavin Newsom is a loathsome right wing corporate garbage monger, but he is infinitely better for trans rights than literally any Republican. The Republicans are trying to genocide trans people. Standing on principle that you refuse to vote if he happens to win the primary is insane, selfish, and treasonous.
Edit: ok I’m generous too, while you’re not wrong about most of that low voter turnout is absolutely a signal, moreso than hundreds of thousands pinching their noses and voting Democrat again. Why should they ever bother being worth voting for when you and everyone else just wants your vote to be against something?
Over the long term, you created these conditions. The sooner you stop letting them get away with it, the sooner they’ll have to start serving the people
lol insane neckbeard energy
“You are the reason that Democrats suck”
“Lmao”
“Insane neckbeard energy”
what the fuck did u just say 2 ur superior
At least you have a sense a humor. Most right wingers don’t.
and you have the reading comprehension and reasoning ability of every other “vote blue no matter who” I’ve ever seen
That’s because you don’t understand voting or politics, son.
Got the answer to my original question :)
Ok so I’m feeling kind of generous today. I will try to explain this to you as best I can. Vote blue no matter who is an Election Day-only strategy. It is not an advocacy for shitty right wing candidates to win in primaries or for decent people to support prior to the election.
As I mentioned a few days ago, the right wing corporate Democrats never adhere to vote blue no matter who, as Joe Lieberman, Byron Brown, and Andrew Cuomo prove. It is not a strategy for them, it’s a strategy for us; those of us who understand that when there is a guaranteed outcome of one of the candidates no matter what, we have a moral obligation to vote against the worst candidate.
The important part is that since this is an Election Day action, it does not have any effect on the Democrats. The (corporate) Democrats don’t learn lessons, that’s the thing that folks like you need to understand. When they win, it’s because they moderated their message; when they lose, they didn’t moderate their message enough.
If you think random people sitting out elections, even in larger numbers, constitutes collective action, you are sorely mistaken. Only something like a drastic highly organized boycott of the Democrats could yield something like that—and by the time you’re at that level of organization, you might as well be voting real socialists into office. I helped elect Kshama Sawant here in Seattle, so it’s not like that’s hopeless, but we’re talking about a different kind of race.
Democrats don’t get more right wing because voters just keep electing them. The alternative is Republicans in most cases. That’s where vote blue no matter who comes in. Once one of them is gonna win no matter what, you vote against the Republican. This does not have any effect on Democrats whatsoever. Real activism is done in the other 99.9999% of the time you’re not in a voter booth.
It’s time to recognize the stakes for decent folks here. Those of us who understand elections, voting, and politics know that the difference between a Democrat and a Republican can mean life or death for people. That trans person is being ridiculous. Gavin Newsom is a loathsome right wing corporate garbage monger, but he is infinitely better for trans rights than literally any Republican. The Republicans are trying to genocide trans people. Standing on principle that you refuse to vote if he happens to win the primary is insane, selfish, and treasonous.
tldr
Edit: ok I’m generous too, while you’re not wrong about most of that low voter turnout is absolutely a signal, moreso than hundreds of thousands pinching their noses and voting Democrat again. Why should they ever bother being worth voting for when you and everyone else just wants your vote to be against something?
Over the long term, you created these conditions. The sooner you stop letting them get away with it, the sooner they’ll have to start serving the people
You didn’t ask me a question and you have no idea what you’re talking about. :)