• @bolexforsoup
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    that assumes I like any of the choices

    No it assumes you actually take the time to vet them or potentially volunteer/work for a campaign to get them on the ballot. Be the change you want to see and all that. Jeering from the sidelines won’t get you anywhere.

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      So I should vet the single Democrat on the primary ballot for anything other than US president in a state that hasn’t given an electoral college vote to a Democrat since the 1964 election?

      That seems worth my time since I’m going to vote for them anyway!

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        There are more elections than just the one for president every four years. If that is the only time you become politically engaged then there is a much larger discussion to be had tbh

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          So I should vet the single Democrat on the primary ballot for anything other than US president

          This is true for EVERY ELECTION. Unless I personally run for office this will continue to be true, and I am too honest to be in politics.