US Midterm Election 2018 Megathread- It's Kavanaugh

[Washington Resistance Army]

So if in your district the or state the Republican candidate was a literal Nazi or Neo Confederate like in Illinois 3rd or Virginia you'd sit out the election because the Democrat isn't liberal enough for you? This is why democrats lose elections. Republicans fall in line like sheep whereas Democrats don't unify and wont vote if their candidate doesnt win the primary or isn't far enough to the left for the,.

Depends on the circumstances. I did vote for Hillary Clinton, super bitterly and resentfully but I did. I'll vote for Nelson to keep his seat even though I'm positively disgusted with the fact that he voted to confirm a vile war criminal as CIA head, but I draw my lines when necessary.

Yes, Republicans do fall in line and I don't think general elections are the best place to get rid of Republicans with a D next to their name, primaries are. I want to see the Democratic Party taken over by real progressives like Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez, Bernie Sanders, and Tulsi Gabbard, just like the Tea Party seized control of the Republican Party (with resounding success, the GOP won a huge majority in 2010).

The person who claims she's a socialist? That's a great way to kill the party, please do it.

[San Lumen]

Ok then dont cry or complain when a white supremacist/neo nazi or Neo Confederate gets elected.

I can fuckin' complain if I want to.

If you dont vote you dont have a right to complain.

[Aeken]

Again, I refuse to vote for candidates that I don't like.
I'm not going to be a sheep for the Democrats. They've proven to me that they're shit just like the Republicans are.

Ok then dont cry or complain when a white supremacist/neo nazi or Neo Confederate gets elected.

If Democrats cannot convince people that those kinds of people are unelectable, then they have such poor outreach and a spineless ideology.

[Washington Resistance Army]

I can fuckin' complain if I want to.

If you dont vote you dont have a right to complain.

He said he'd vote third party.

[Valgora]

I can fuckin' complain if I want to.

If you dont vote you dont have a right to complain.

I don't have to vote in order to complain.
If there ain't a good third-party candidate or if there ain't one at all, that's when I won't vote for that race; I'm not going to fuckin' vote for a Democrat just because he's a Democrat.
The lesser of two evils is still evil.

[Freezic Vast]

I can fuckin' complain if I want to.

If you dont vote you dont have a right to complain.

Then maybe both parties shouldn't pit trash candidates according to Val, are you just fucking ignorant, or what?

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I vote for candidates whose policy positions match mine.

Exclusively?

Not exclusively, within reason.

[San Lumen]

If you dont vote you dont have a right to complain.

I don't have to vote in order to complain.
If there ain't a good third-party candidate or if there ain't one at all; I'm not going to fuckin' vote for a Democrat just because he's a Democrat.
The lesser of two evils is still evil.

So when a White supremacist gets elected because people like you didn't vote you'd just say oh well pick a better candidate?

[Washington Resistance Army]

I don't have to vote in order to complain.
If there ain't a good third-party candidate or if there ain't one at all; I'm not going to fuckin' vote for a Democrat just because he's a Democrat.
The lesser of two evils is still evil.

So when a White supremacist gets elected because people like you didn't vote you'd just say oh well pick a better candidate?

Yeah, that's democracy for you.

[The Serbian Empire]

If you dont vote you dont have a right to complain.

Then maybe both parties shouldn't pit trash candidates according to Val, are you just fucking ignorant, or what?

That'd require removing the rights of Southerners who have a strong pro-Clinton skew in the primaries. I don't see that as any more democratic or proper.

[Valgora]

I don't have to vote in order to complain.
If there ain't a good third-party candidate or if there ain't one at all; I'm not going to fuckin' vote for a Democrat just because he's a Democrat.
The lesser of two evils is still evil.

So when a White supremacist gets elected because people like you didn't vote you'd just say oh well pick a better candidate?

That's one of the things I'll say. Because maybe they should pick better fuckin' candidates.

[Freezic Vast]

I don't have to vote in order to complain.
If there ain't a good third-party candidate or if there ain't one at all; I'm not going to fuckin' vote for a Democrat just because he's a Democrat.
The lesser of two evils is still evil.

So when a White supremacist gets elected because people like you didn't vote you'd just say oh well pick a better candidate?

Oh would you spare us of your over-exaggerated hypotheticals already.

[San Lumen]

So when a White supremacist gets elected because people like you didn't vote you'd just say oh well pick a better candidate?

That's one of the things I'll say. Because maybe they should pick better fuckin' candidates.

do you know what a primary is? The voters chose the nominee. And sometimes only one person runs.

[Fahran]

I can fuckin' complain if I want to.

If you dont vote you dont have a right to complain.

That's now how this works.

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The person who claims she's a socialist? That's a great way to kill the party, please do it.

She is guaranteed to win the general election for that seat.

I keep hearing things like "They won't elect Democratic socialists in the midwest, only a moderate (corporate) Democrat can win". But my question is, if "moderate" Democrats are so viable in the midwest, why didn't Hillary Clinton take Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Iowa?

[San Lumen]

The person who claims she's a socialist? That's a great way to kill the party, please do it.

She is guaranteed to win the general election for that seat.

I keep hearing things like "They won't elect Democratic socialists in the midwest, only a moderate (corporate) Democrat can win". But my question is, if "moderate" Democrats are so viable in the midwest, why didn't Hillary Clinton take Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Iowa?

People voting out of anger, racism and sexism.

[Freezic Vast]

The person who claims she's a socialist? That's a great way to kill the party, please do it.

She is guaranteed to win the general election for that seat.

I keep hearing things like "They won't elect Democratic socialists in the midwest, only a moderate (corporate) Democrat can win". But my question is, if "moderate" Democrats are so viable in the midwest, why didn't Hillary Clinton take Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Iowa?

...Because she wasn't a moderate?

[Valgora]

That's one of the things I'll say. Because maybe they should pick better fuckin' candidates.

do you know what a primary is? The voters chose the nominee. And sometimes only one person runs.

Yea, I know only one person sometimes runs.
Sometimes, only one person runs in an entire race.
I've literally seen some Republicans from AR run unopposed.

However, that shouldn't be an excuse to pick better candidates.
In fact, if someone runs unopposed in a primary and I don't like them, that's even more of a reason for me to not vote for them.

[Washington Resistance Army]

The person who claims she's a socialist? That's a great way to kill the party, please do it.

She is guaranteed to win the general election for that seat.

I keep hearing things like "They won't elect Democratic socialists in the midwest, only a moderate (corporate) Democrat can win". But my question is, if "moderate" Democrats are so viable in the midwest, why didn't Hillary Clinton take Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Iowa?

Because the entire Midwest has been shifting to the right for about 20 years now.

I would love for you lot to run actual democratic socialists, it'll be great to try and see them defend ideas like totally destroying our economic system and handing over control of every business to it's workers.

[Shrillland]

The person who claims she's a socialist? That's a great way to kill the party, please do it.

She is guaranteed to win the general election for that seat.

I keep hearing things like "They won't elect Democratic socialists in the midwest, only a moderate (corporate) Democrat can win". But my question is, if "moderate" Democrats are so viable in the midwest, why didn't Hillary Clinton take Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Iowa?

Because it's a new world, and the old labourite voters have become disillusioned with Democrats not being able to bring jobs back to them. You can't convince thousands of unemployed and underemployed here in the rust belt that manufacturing as they knew it is a thing of the past due to globalisation, environmentalism, and automation, so they voted for the guy who made the grandiose promises of tariffs and bringing factories back.

[San Lumen]

do you know what a primary is? The voters chose the nominee. And sometimes only one person runs.

Yea, I know only one person sometimes runs.
Sometimes, only one person runs in an entire race.
I've literally seen some Republicans from AR run unopposed.

However, that shouldn't be an excuse to pick better candidates.
In fact, if someone runs unopposed in a primary and I don't like them, that's even more of a reason for me to not vote for them.

Why aren't you running then?

[Fahran]

People voting out of anger, racism and sexism.

Your lack of clarity regarding political realities and overt disdain for your fellow citizens is quite alarming, and probably not conducive to successful outreach efforts. Perhaps begin by not assuming that people who voted for Trump are racist or sexist?

[San Lumen]

She is guaranteed to win the general election for that seat.

I keep hearing things like "They won't elect Democratic socialists in the midwest, only a moderate (corporate) Democrat can win". But my question is, if "moderate" Democrats are so viable in the midwest, why didn't Hillary Clinton take Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Iowa?

Because it's a new world, and the old labourite voters have become disillusioned with Democrats not being able to bring jobs back to them. You can't convince thousands of unemployed and underemployed here in the rust belt that manufacturing as they knew it is a thing of the past due to globalisation, environmentalism, and automation, so they voted for the guy who made the grandiose promises of tariffs and bringing factories back.

And hes started a trade war that will only cause more hurt for them.

[Washington Resistance Army]

Because it's a new world, and the old labourite voters have become disillusioned with Democrats not being able to bring jobs back to them. You can't convince thousands of unemployed and underemployed here in the rust belt that manufacturing as they knew it is a thing of the past due to globalisation, environmentalism, and automation, so they voted for the guy who made the grandiose promises of tariffs and bringing factories back.

And hes started a trade war that will only cause more hurt for them.

It's actually going quite well for us.

[Oil exporting People]

People voting out of anger, racism and sexism.

Your lack of clarity regarding political realities and overt disdain for your fellow citizens is quite alarming, and probably not conducive to successful outreach efforts. Perhaps begin by not assuming that people who voted for Trump are racist or sexist?

I take offense at assuming such motivations apply to the general populace; it takes away from my edge here.