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In reply to the discussion: Rand Paul is more likely to eliminate important Government agencies than Hillary. [View all]TheKentuckian
(25,038 posts)democracy and be completely opposed to political parties at all.
No one is calling for a coup or an insurrection, they are saying their vote is not going to a candidate which too is a part of democracy, folks will spend their votes as they please.
If you want to question party loyalty that is a different matter but that is very different than believing in or even cherishing democracy
I'll also say that I've seen you also say that folks that don't vote for the nominee lose influence and I can't see how this would work either since they still will be voting in the next primary, still can work and donate for who they support and be in exactly the same position as before. Hell, if they don't announce it then no one would even know.
We could have folks in any position or office that vote straight TeaPubliKlan save themselves every time and we will never be the wiser, it just doesn't work as you seem to imagine and it means coalition building and keeping everyone reasonably happy or the party loses cohesion and breaks down into warring camps. Bullying, guilt trips, and name calling only get you so far for so long. You have no way to make anyone do a damn thing.