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sboatcar

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2. I agree

Reply to orthoclad (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 2, 2026, 04:02 PM

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we need to stop pandering to the right, that drives down voter turnout from the left. Its been their strategy all this time, to try to get democrats to court voters who'll never vote for them and disillusion progressive voters into not voting at all. Look at what happened with Bernie Sanders. The Party decided that they would rather anoint Clinton, and it cost us the election because a lot of left wing voters turned away, or in the case of a couple members of my family, caused them to vote Trump.
Centrists keep leaning right, and we need to stop that.

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Forget the "swing" voters - orthoclad Thursday #1

I agree sboatcar Thursday #2

Moving towards the right is a self-defeating strategy orthoclad Saturday #4

Exactly! sboatcar Yesterday #5

Forget "bases", go for the 1/3 who, for many reasons, didn't vote orthoclad 16 hrs ago #6

A lot of those types don't see the difference between legacy democrats and mainstream republicans, sadly. sboatcar 1 hr ago #8

Nothing can stop the Blue Tsunami Fiendish Thingy Thursday #3

CD-7 NJ JustAnotherGen 16 hrs ago #7