We got to vote for Bernie in the primary. Not enough people chose him over the “safer”, more conservative Biden (who definitely wasn’t advertised as having the same policies as Bernie). Biden was still way better than Trump, so we should have voted for him in the general. This isn’t complicated.
It’s Texas. If Talarico wins, he and Ted Cruz will be the state’s 2 senators.
That was just the FiveThirtyEight model. Most other models had Clinton in the high 90’s.
The ones making bad statements about trans people in sports are running in states/districts with relatively conservative voter bases. These sentiments are not fringe for these areas; in fact, they are tamer than those of the average local voter. If Democrats continue to lose to Republicans there, it’s not “insane” for them to conclude that their constituents prefer the Republicans’ policy positions.
You’re just fucking yourself by letting the greater evil (the one that actually wants you dead) win.
Most don’t vote, or vote third party? Doubtful.
Quick math quiz for you:
Which is greater?
A) -1
B) -3000
C) These numbers are the same
And not voting contributes to the right side of your (inaccurate and oversimplified) meme
Luckily you are a minority within your minority. Most trans people I know understand math.
You don’t speak for all trans people. Just the dumb ones.
Well that’s dumb, because Republicans are obviously worse for you than Democrats.
If a an anti-trans Democrat loses to a more anti-trans Republican, the lesson they learn is they should have been more anti-trans to win.
Not voting assists the rightward ratchet. Nobody can hear your silence.
Talarico isn’t going to push for anti-trans legislation the way Rupublicans will.
I don’t mean that Talarico can’t win. He’s a slight favorite, according to the polls. Republicans are scared of him, as they should be. They’re worried that most independents in Texas, even conservative leaning ones, will go for Talarico over the odious Paxton this year.
That’s different than saying Talarico has the potential to permanently pull Evangelicals over to Democrats in meaningful numbers. Those are Trump’s base. They’ve long been aware that it is possible to be a Christian and a decent person at the same time, and have roundly rejected the notion.
This is wishful thinking. Evangelicals have been aware of liberal Christian churches forever, and they hate them more than anything.
You really should be nonconfrontational. You’re not very good at confronting.
Ok, I see. Before your edit, the wording made it sound like you were referring to your membership in .ml
usa@lemmy.ml was my safe space. I have nowhere to go now. 😢
I would think you need to learn how analogies work.
It’s hard enough to get voters to turn out for their own primaries. People don’t strategically vote in the opposition primary in significant numbers; that’s pure fantasy.
What South Carolina has, in addition to a lot of Republicans, is a lot of conservative, risk-averse, black Democrats. They don’t vote for progressives in primaries, because they believe (probably correctly) that white people won’t elect them in the general. That’s who nominated Biden.