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TheMobyDicks t1_ivkushk wrote

Reply to comment by ThunderySleep in Who got your vote? by uzernaimed

That is exactly what happened. Been preaching it for months what a stupid strategy that was. They did it with Bolduc and Leavitt and if either or both win the Dems will have shot themselves in the foot blown their feet off because as much animus as there is between parties, the more central the eventual winner is, the more they can reasonably work with counterparts on both sides of the aisle. Bolduc and Leavitt are far right and will do nothing but add to the fringe to the point where they help reshape the party so that centrists become the fringe. As an Independent my ballot is usually split. It's a little more Democratic leaning this time.

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Strict_Zebra_3585 t1_ivl7m3p wrote

Yep. Up until 2016 I was a republican. Once the party nominated Trump they lost me. So I became an independent. And as I look at who the Republican party is offering, I can see it dying. The right wing and the left wing are connected to the same bird, but nominating people that don't believe in anything will most likely be the parties downfall.

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[deleted] t1_ivkxkai wrote

Ya it's pretty frustrating to see opposing parties prop up bad candidates for the other side. I would imagine Republicans do it to though I've only heard of it happening in the case of Trump and Bolduc.

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pahnzoh t1_ivl23dp wrote

So you're voting on the assumption of how they would govern, when you know for sure the record of those who are already in the positions?

And you're voting more democratic after recognizing that they attempted to rig the election by meddling in the opposing party primary?

I find it odd how people issue balance these things.

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TheMobyDicks t1_ivl6ciw wrote

>And you're voting more democratic after recognizing that they attempted to rig the election by meddling in the opposing party primary?

Both parties do this at the national level though PACs and other tools and I think it's a shitty strategy. I voted for Hassan and Pappas as they're more central than election-denying, right wing Bolduc and Leavitt. I fear some of the legislation that they would endorse would likely be isolationist. As an example, Bolduc wants to stop all aid to Ukraine. In my opinion that's incredibly shortsighted for the future of the western world and USA. I could cite many more things but I don't want to belabor the point.

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pahnzoh t1_ivlaigq wrote

I guess everyone has their own justifications for how they vote.

It's just unfortunate we all have to live under a system where we are faced with rulers we detest, but our neighbors voted for.

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Rowboatpretender t1_ivlrgie wrote

> And you're voting more democratic after recognizing that they attempted to rig the election by meddling in the opposing party primary?

Oh for fuck sake get off your high horse. "Meddling in the oppposing parties primary" by supporting a weaker candidate? That's been going on in the world for thousands of years.

If you're going to get createive about parties ransacking the opponents capacity to win, take a good long look at how the GOP has been gerrymandering districts for the last 20 years. Dems keep winning the popular vote, but we keep getting shitstains likd DeSantis and T in office. Wonder how that happens?

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