The US primaries and the general election are two different things. Voting uncommitted in the primary expresses support for the Palestinian plight and does not give Republicans any ground.
The uncommitted movement presents a safe and effective avenue for voters to voice dissatisfaction with President Biden’s policies, particularly with the Israel-Hamas conflict. By doing so in the primary, voters can signal discontent without risking a Republican victory in the general election. The purpose is to send a wake-up call to the Biden administration that it is failing to address issues and effectively engage with the party, vis a vis that Biden is enabling a genocide.
That being said, anyone who calls for an uncommitted or third-party vote in the general election I will personally kick in the gender neutral balls (in Minecraft).
Considering there is no meaningful challenge, the ONLY useful purpose a primary serves is to take the temperature of the party itself and allow it to signal if there are cracks in the base or policies that aren't resonating outside the head office.
If we're just going to have a sham election with 115% turnout and 170% approval vote, why waste the money?
not sure what you are referring to with the second part? i feel out of the loop on something (edit: i now know what you are referring to and i unequivocally disagree. skipping elections in the name of cost savings is almost the worst possible option.)
If there's no second candidate who could win, and everyone is railroaded into a unity response, it seems like a dubious third-world election, where you sometimes see dubious numbers like that.
Since election operations cost money; we could save a few bucks just anointing Biden today, if we don't intend to actually parse the primary results to figure out the electorate's needs.
I'm hopeful. I was exceptionally skeptical at the start of this that it would change any large number of opinions in the US, because fuck, it's been long-ongoing and the Israelis had the convenient excuse of responding to a terror attack.
But public opinion is shifting much faster than I thought it would as this draws on. We may finally be able to break the Israeli grip on US politics it's had since the 80s.
thanks i wouldn’t really label this a cartoon tho since im intentionally coming at this with the goal of nuance. more of a psa or breakdown post.
my earlier posts on this same position were simpler and immediately devolved into name calling and misinformation in the comments so that this one hasn’t yet i consider a win
Can someone explain to me why there isn't a third track? If we're so fucking concerned about the threat of another Trump presidency then why aren't we all registering Republican and making someone else win the primary?
Because tracks don't appear out of thin air. For all the people screaming "where's the third track?," it is never going to appear unless those people start building tracks before the train arrives at the junction.
The time to start talking about and working to legitimize a third-party candidate isn't the election cycle; that work has to be done in advance.
I'm not suggesting spinning up a third party, just wondering why reasonable people don't see the opportunity to register Republican and give Trump the boot. I gave it a shot, but it seems like no one else had the same idea.
don’t think i can do your first question justice (though looking up the spoiler effect is a good start) but for the second:
such manipulation of the primary, while theoretically possible and legal (not a lawyer), would take massive concentrated effort and messaging (and therefore money) to coordinate successfully, and would be entirely unprecedented. the system is broken, yes, but is generally foolproof enough to make such manipulation impractical in the real world.
edit: another fact i forgot to mention. it’s almost certainly too late as the primaries are well on their way and complete in some states.
It doesn't take any money or coordination to decide to vote for someone other than Trump in the Republican primary, and anyone can do it. Apparently voting for Biden or 'noncommitted' in the not-really-contested Democratic primary was a higher priority than resisting fascism.
You know how you mock and deride anti-trump conservatives who buckle under, kiss the ring and endorse Trump anyway, despite railing about how terrible he is?
Why don't you feel the same way about anti-Biden progressives who do the same?