GOOD.
EDIT: Maybe next time they'll actually go out and vote.
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That's not the root of the problem. You aren't going to solve anything by berating voters. People who don't feel heard don't vote, or they shift towards fascism. Berating them just exacerbates the problem because it makes them feel even less heard. You aren't helping.
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Happy to vote in a primary and not have a candidate coronated by the party heads yet again
Primary results are decided by number of votes.
Candidates you liked were invited to participate in the primary by the party heads.
K. Happy to have a primary to decide the will of the voters and who they would like to be the nominee instead of a coronation by the crooks in the DNC
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Oh for fucks sake. Ya think?
But I bet many lefties will still refuse to vote if it’s not the perfect candidate.
Nobody purity tests more than the democratic party. Back in 2016 they were screaming "NO MORE OLD WHITE MEN" at Bernie, then putting their full force behind biden four years later. The democratic party has every excuse under the sun for why a candidate shouldn't be allowed through their completely party-controlled primaries but demands everyone submits to their pick, even if their pick supports genocide with billions in weapons, just as long as that candidate assures the rich that "nothing will fundamentally change" as things continue to get worse for everyone else.
Why are you blaming leftists anyway? If the big-brained geniuses at the democratic party calculate that leftists are so insignificant as to not bother listening to them, then how are they to blame when the democratic party loses against a clown yet again?