in the last election, the Democrats ran a woman of multicultural descent of relative youth.
Unfortunately, the “Don’t vote because Israel, something something” was widely amplified and resulted in almost catastrophic damage to the strategic societal goals that the very same people that might be influenced by such a message would hope to achieve.
I voted for Kamala Harris and encouraged others to do as well, and even I think it’s naive to blame leftists and pro-Palestine advocates for the Democrats’ loss in 2024. The Democratic establishment campaign was basically just, “We’re not as horrible as the other guy”. That was plainly not enough to excite people to vote. It worked in 2020 at the start of a global pandemic, but it was not going to work again. People stayed home not because they internalized some message from chronically online leftists, but because Democrats failed to give them a reason to take time off work and stand in line.
It’s in the data. Across four battleground states, over 900,000 registered Democratic voters stayed home compared to 2020; Trump only won those states by 500,000. If you look at analyses of the data (Cooperative Election Study, Pew Research Center, Catalist), many of them conclude that it’s because the Democrats failed to provide a real plan to improve the lives of their own voter base, especially in economically disadvantaged, nonwhite communities. It’s not even a question of the plan being too progressive or not enough—there was just no clear plan.
In contrast, look at Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral primary campaign in New York City where they saw the highest voter turnout in history. Early voting more than doubled compared to 2021. His campaign was grounded in actually solving problems for everyday people, especially with regard to affordability, and it worked. Establishment Democrats who are in the pockets of billionaires are so terrified of this that they are pouring their money and endorsements into a guy who resigned in disgrace following sexual harassment allegations, instead of the guy who won the primary. What ever happened to “vote blue, no matter who?”
If the Democrats want to actually win elections, they need to deliver a plan to the American people that shows they can follow through on making life materially better for everyone, not just their billionaire and corporate donors. Otherwise, they just seem like controlled opposition and no one will care to show up at the polls.
Nyet, these were concerns of many peoples who support the Palestine. They had no support from others despite wild suggestion of the internet commenters. Candidate Harris also was not good supporter of working class against the capitalist owners.
yes, they are valid concerns, but being encouraged to sit it out because the non–fascist party isn’t a perfect mirror of your moral ideals, Is the worst choice.
Who of the viable candidates best represents the working class, Palestine, sustainability – that’s who you choose, otherwise the needle moves opposite of all your goals.
Throwing away your vote because of a checklist of many possible moral ideals Is a behavior pattern that is being propagated to steer moral people away from electoral participation. The results are obvious.
in the last election, the Democrats ran a woman of multicultural descent of relative youth.
Unfortunately, the “Don’t vote because Israel, something something” was widely amplified and resulted in almost catastrophic damage to the strategic societal goals that the very same people that might be influenced by such a message would hope to achieve.
I voted for Kamala Harris and encouraged others to do as well, and even I think it’s naive to blame leftists and pro-Palestine advocates for the Democrats’ loss in 2024. The Democratic establishment campaign was basically just, “We’re not as horrible as the other guy”. That was plainly not enough to excite people to vote. It worked in 2020 at the start of a global pandemic, but it was not going to work again. People stayed home not because they internalized some message from chronically online leftists, but because Democrats failed to give them a reason to take time off work and stand in line.
It’s in the data. Across four battleground states, over 900,000 registered Democratic voters stayed home compared to 2020; Trump only won those states by 500,000. If you look at analyses of the data (Cooperative Election Study, Pew Research Center, Catalist), many of them conclude that it’s because the Democrats failed to provide a real plan to improve the lives of their own voter base, especially in economically disadvantaged, nonwhite communities. It’s not even a question of the plan being too progressive or not enough—there was just no clear plan.
In contrast, look at Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral primary campaign in New York City where they saw the highest voter turnout in history. Early voting more than doubled compared to 2021. His campaign was grounded in actually solving problems for everyday people, especially with regard to affordability, and it worked. Establishment Democrats who are in the pockets of billionaires are so terrified of this that they are pouring their money and endorsements into a guy who resigned in disgrace following sexual harassment allegations, instead of the guy who won the primary. What ever happened to “vote blue, no matter who?”
If the Democrats want to actually win elections, they need to deliver a plan to the American people that shows they can follow through on making life materially better for everyone, not just their billionaire and corporate donors. Otherwise, they just seem like controlled opposition and no one will care to show up at the polls.
Nyet, these were concerns of many peoples who support the Palestine. They had no support from others despite wild suggestion of the internet commenters. Candidate Harris also was not good supporter of working class against the capitalist owners.
yes, they are valid concerns, but being encouraged to sit it out because the non–fascist party isn’t a perfect mirror of your moral ideals, Is the worst choice.
Who of the viable candidates best represents the working class, Palestine, sustainability – that’s who you choose, otherwise the needle moves opposite of all your goals.
Throwing away your vote because of a checklist of many possible moral ideals Is a behavior pattern that is being propagated to steer moral people away from electoral participation. The results are obvious.