One of the many reasons that we lose is because we let the politicians who cosplay as “the left” take the votes from actual leftists. I’m glad the Democrats are fighting back on social media, but how about fighting back legislatively and politically when they have the chance?
One of the reasons that we lose, is because they seem unwilling to do that, and the voters have noticed.
I wonder if that’s a chicken or egg deal because I see actual leftists who are too busy arguing amongst themselves to field a candidate or vote in a primary, not to mention actually voting when it matters. Why would Democrats bother to wrangle something together from that? They’re not afraid of the left at all and for good reason.
I don’t understand where this “Leftists don’t vote” meme comes from. Leftists demonstrably vote, when they have leftist candidates to vote for. Mamdani, Sanders, AOC, Sawant, etc all get plenty of votes.
But Democrats keep running center-right candidates that pretend to be lefitsts. I find it telling that, as Democrats keep moving to the right, their approval rate keeps dropping, and they keep getting fewer votes.
You mean the last election when there were two right-wing candidates on the ballot? Yes, you are correct, that leftists don’t come out to vote for right-wingers. Of course, when there is a leftist on the ballot, leftists do show up, as evidenced above.
I’m not American, so perhaps there’s something I’m missing, but when has there been a real leftist on the ballot? My impression was that the perceived lack of meaningful choice is plausibly driving poor election turn out
One of the many reasons that we lose is because we let the politicians who cosplay as “the left” take the votes from actual leftists. I’m glad the Democrats are fighting back on social media, but how about fighting back legislatively and politically when they have the chance?
One of the reasons that we lose, is because they seem unwilling to do that, and the voters have noticed.
I wonder if that’s a chicken or egg deal because I see actual leftists who are too busy arguing amongst themselves to field a candidate or vote in a primary, not to mention actually voting when it matters. Why would Democrats bother to wrangle something together from that? They’re not afraid of the left at all and for good reason.
I don’t understand where this “Leftists don’t vote” meme comes from. Leftists demonstrably vote, when they have leftist candidates to vote for. Mamdani, Sanders, AOC, Sawant, etc all get plenty of votes.
But Democrats keep running center-right candidates that pretend to be lefitsts. I find it telling that, as Democrats keep moving to the right, their approval rate keeps dropping, and they keep getting fewer votes.
Or… People just don’t turn out to vote “real” leftists in. Election turnout submitted as exhibit A.
You mean the last election when there were two right-wing candidates on the ballot? Yes, you are correct, that leftists don’t come out to vote for right-wingers. Of course, when there is a leftist on the ballot, leftists do show up, as evidenced above.
I’m not American, so perhaps there’s something I’m missing, but when has there been a real leftist on the ballot? My impression was that the perceived lack of meaningful choice is plausibly driving poor election turn out