1y ago

Push for Washington state Democrats to vote ‘uncommitted’ instead of for Biden in March 12 primary picks up steam

www.columbian.com

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I'm so confused by all these comments. Does nobody know what a primary is? That's precisely the time to vote your conscience or register a protest vote; all the (valid) arguments about helping Trump only apply in the general election.
- and even then WA is too blue for a green party protest vote to risk anything. vote for biden in nevada or arizona yeah but if anything it's better to go third party in a deep blue state
- Right, because things that happen now won't have consequences later. Surely a primary result where "uncommitted" or other non-Biden choice gains traction wouldn't be used by the GOP to trash the only viable Democrat running for president.
  
  Do you think they won't trash biden if we don't protest?
  Do you think they wouldn't say he couldn't win against trump?
  If the GOP saying biden was unpopular is gonna change someone's vote, they'll say it whether its true or not, so that's no excuse to vote against biden in the election that's nothing but symbolic.
  
  EXACTLY! Republicans ONLY trash Democrats in Good Faith with Reality Based Arguments! If we DON'T give them Reality Based Arguments, they 100% WON'T trash us!
  
  That makes no sense. The GOP will trash any Democratic candidate regardless, even if they have to make up shit to do so. If you want a candidate that will appeal to GOP voters, you'll be best off with a Republican.
  
  Genocide supporters broker no criticism.
- @dcpDarkMatter what part of this do you disagree with?
That's what happens when you skip the primaries.
- Did the same rhing to Obama.
I understand the motivation for this, but it's a terrible plan when the other option is Trump. After this election, when Trump will prove too senile to run again, maybe we can revolt against our lackluster vanilla options.
- Trump is not running in the Democratic primary.
  
  No he's not, and because the DNC isn't doing exactly what I want I'm voting for Trump. We have have to show the DNC that if they aren't running the candidates that are exactly in line with us we aren't going to blindly fall in line.
  And let's face it, ours is the only voice that deserves to be heard. Moderade Democrats have run this country into the ground and we need to take it back by voting Republican up and down the ballot.
- I guess one man's vanilla is another man's mummy wraps.
  And what options? When were we ever given a real choice?
  
  You have the choice to start right now.
  https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/registering-political-party/
  You could start a Lemmings party if you so choose. It would likely only be able to be a state/local party at first though. That said... There could be several groups of us that create a Lemmings party in various states and eventually merge them into a national party.
  It would be easier to just find someone willing to hold office and start campaigning / setting up and getting their name out there for 2028 but to be honest I do imagine the party creation thing may create a bigger pool of possibilities in the long run. (Aka funding and recognition).
  Maybe the Lemmings party would strive to be like TST to bring science and responsibility to the forefront of a political party.
  Obviously the Lemmings name was a joke, but it would be comical. Especially if it grew and members of the party didn't even know what Lemmy was
- I keep hearing next time next time next time.
  It’s y’all’s turn to do next time
- I said the same thing. And got downvoted to hell by the indignant virtue signallers.
  
  That might be because the point is completely and utterly stupid. We're signalling the virtue of "understanding how primaries work"
  
  Trump isn't in the Washington primary.

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