I mostly agree I just want people to stop thinking the right president will fix everything. Not going to happen, so we need a different plan. But yeah tactical voting for people you hate might be part of that plan.

Wish I knew honestly. Vote for radical change makers and/or build dual power. But it’s not going to be easy.

You’re just arguing semantics. If people consistently vote republican then they are republicans right now. That they might switch for the right candidate isn’t really relevant.

But yeah gun stuff is an example of a position someone could use to appeal to fence sitters. It will absolutely piss off a portion of the Democratic base though.

Yeah Mamdani just won and is a perfect example of a partial solution to what I’m talking about. But since you didn’t ask about my solutions that probably won’t make sense. I’m happy to explain if you actually want to discuss.

But don’t let me rain on your hate parade.

How can it be wrong? Do you think there are more leftists than republicans? Or do you deny the math advantage of switchers vs those who might stay home?

There are multiple reasons candidates fail. Harris failed largely because voters didn’t know her and they saw her as a stand in for Biden, who they were angry with. Also she had sort of a flailing campaign strategy. And being a black woman never helps in the US.

I’m not arguing democrats or leftists should moderate their positions. My politics are probably not too different from yours. But the first step to solving the problem is understanding it. And this theory that there are 100 million sleeping American communists waiting to be unleashed doesn’t have any evidence behind it. So just running someone further left is not a cheat code for winning elections. There is a lot more to beating fascism than that.

Right, but they aren’t presented them independently of party affiliation. They’re told “those scary communists have good policies but they want to destroy America!” And most people believe that.

I get it’s upsetting but there are just objectively way more republicans than there are leftists in the US. So there is logic here.

Also, vote switchers count for double. So there would actually need to be twice as many possible voters on the left for it to be as appealing as the right.

As always the proper solution is to alter the conditions that incentivize this behavior.

Here’s a fun idea: how about no more presidents?