I don’t usually post political stuff, but I don’t see ANYONE talking about this, and I really believe if we don’t do this, we will hand the U.S. over to fascists.
Your vote matters. Most of you reading this know it. But the truth is that the left is HORRIBLE at getting out to vote. From what I’ve read, registered democrats outnumber repubs by 10-15%. Yet on average less then 70% vote. There exists an apathy towards voting in a portion of the left that assumes that they don’t need to vote because “who would vote for that idiot Trump?”. They assume it’s a done deal, and don’t bother.
THOSE are the people we need to target. We need to set up community activists whose only purpose is to make sure democrats either fill out a mail in ballot, or have a ride to the voting booths. Every democrat needs to take a friend or two with them. We need to make voting a communal act where we encourage, check up on, and practically insist on their vote.
I believe that if we DON’T do this, it WILL BE the END of democracy. We have the numbers. Now we just need to get them out to vote.
Unless swing states are just chock full of lefties, what’s the point?
Hillary won the popular vote in '16 by several million, but we got Trump because of the electoral college and a swing state going for him.
Those are the people candidates are focusing on appealing to because they’re the ones that decide the election (and are a weak point in our democracy). And stamping ones feet and demanding to be catered to (or else they won’t vote), is selfish and short sighted when so much is at stake.
Until we get rid of or work around the electoral college, that’s basically the way it’s going to be (assuming we still have elections after 2024).