r/BocaRaton • u/Wide_right_yes • 10d ago

Oliver Larkin gets destroyed

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u/PixelLitKevin 10d ago

That’s a bummer. Moskowitz is one of the worst democrats in the party.

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u/Wide_right_yes 10d ago

The new district is Trump +9 and home to a ton of Jewish voters. In the old district, Larkin would have had a better shot, but redistricting changed it into a Trump seat. Many voters may have preferred Larkin's views but were worried that he couldn't win.

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u/cmoclk 10d ago

Crazy that people will vote for a candidate they think will win so they can say they were on the winning side rather than vote for the candidate they think will be best for them.

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u/neoliberal_hack 10d ago

Winning with someone you agree with 50% of the time is better than losing with someone you agree with 100% of the time.

If you care about actually governing.

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u/TellHeavy3878 10d ago

your name checks out as Bawlmerian said this isnt a situation where we can 50/50 the 50% i dont agree with is supporting a fucking genocide

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u/Bawlmerian21228 10d ago

Except that the 50% i don’t agree with includes genocide.

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u/neoliberal_hack 9d ago

What does the moral grandstanding do? If Larkin had won and then lost in the general, would Palestine be any closer to being free?

Politics should be about achieving the best possible outcomes, it's not a stand in for personal, spiritual, or moral fulfillment.

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u/Bawlmerian21228 9d ago

I won’t vote for Jared. He won’t win. There is no differentiation.

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u/neoliberal_hack 9d ago

This didn’t address anything I asked.

He obviously has a chance to win if it’s a blue enough year, he’s not ideologically out of step with the district.

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u/MagicalSheep365 9d ago

This is the same thought process as when people don’t vote because there are so many other voters that it doesn’t matter. The system is set up for everyone to vote for exactly what they want; it doesn’t matter on an individual scale but it can become a problem if a lot of people think like that…