USians are you voting center right (Democrat) out of fear of the alt-right (Republicans) winning?
USians are you voting center right (Democrat) out of fear of the alt-right (Republicans) winning?
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No, but to be fair, I am in a very Blue state, so I don't even have to deal with hypotheticals about lesser evils. My state is so over-determined that my vote for national offices mean literally nothing.
Blue States still elect Republican senators and governors like Vermont and New Jersey at some point.
Not a problem in my state, though it is one of those where the party has such strong control that anyone, regardless of beliefs/platform, runs as a Democrat. Things are just decided within the party before the ballot.
Which is this state? California? I am pretty sure they still elect Republican representatives there, after all white people always vote Republican when times are tough.
Not my district. To address one of your questions, California has Republican House members, but especially the Bay Area, it is the prime example of people believing and having the exact same platform as a Republican, running as a Democrat since only people with D's next to their name can get elected.
So, super corruption.
Also, how can you afford living there? Do you own a home or are you a forever renter?
I am not in California but a forever renter. I am pointing out that the fact that there are parties that completely control specific states means both the electoral college can mean votes don't matter, and that party monopolies of state politics just mean that people of opposite beliefs (to the extent that Democrats and Republicans have different beliefs, other than orange spray-tan good/bad) mean that progressives in South Dakota run as Republicans (there they still haven't got office yet) or conservatives in urban areas of New York or California run as Democrats. It is only in swing states where there is still some firm differences between candidates of different parties.
New York has a really conservative Democratic government.