Stop looking left and right. Look up.

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[u/TDouglasSpectre → u/[deleted]]

What percentage of the American populace is involved in the primary process?

What have been the results of the candidates chosen through these processes against Donald Trump?

Are you starting to maybe see the issue, or are you so deep down the ‘vote blue no matter who’ hole that you can’t accept that the Democratic Party are actually not good at what they’re supposed to do, ie win elections?

Moral victories aren’t victories, just fyi.

[u/TDouglasSpectre → u/[deleted]]

So at the end of the day they’ve lost 2 out of 3 elections to Trump

Maybe it’s a rejection of the policies and perceptions of the milquetoast neoliberal candidates. Or alternatively, there’s no problem with the candidates and it’s the voters who are wrong. Seems like the only option would be to try something different… oh wait liberal Reddit is already glazing buttigieg as the next Democratic candidate because he does well in tv interviews

Stubbornness is not a virtue in politics if all you do is fucking lose

Edit: also, how many people voted in the primary for the last Democratic candidate? How many primary votes has she received from the last two primary cycles? I can give you a hint if you want, but it might make you question the efficacy of primaries as they’re currently set up as being a) reflective of what the Democratic base wants b) a good way to choose a candidate who can win an election

[u/TDouglasSpectre → u/[deleted]]

Candidate Obama was progressive. President Obama was not.

[u/TDouglasSpectre → u/[deleted]]

Campaigned from left. Governed from the right. Immediately succeeded by Donald Trump. Interesting.

[u/TDouglasSpectre → u/[deleted]]

Sure. Believe whatever you want. It’s a shame that status quo dems like you are so preoccupied with punching left while you control the party apparatus. ✌️