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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow about we coordinate an "Operation Chaos" vote for Haley to defeat Trump in SC.
South Carolina does not have party registration, so its primaries are "open:" Registered voters are free to participate in the Republican contest, as long as they skip the Democratic primary, and vice versa.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/why-south-carolina-could-mean-end-road-haley-2024-01-24/
What do you all think?
Hekate
(91,655 posts)WarGamer
(12,860 posts)It's a strong state for Trump
Poll out today +27
honest.abe
(8,709 posts)He very well could be America's first dictator. We need to do anything we can to stop him or our future is in doubt.
WarGamer
(12,860 posts)except for the dictator part. I believe in our Constitutional guard rails and we'd survive.
But he'd make a helluva mess and hurt a lot of people.
cloudbase
(5,552 posts)exercising their checks on executive power, and these days that is certainly not a given.
In the epilogue to Oath and Honor, Liz Cheney touches on this and just how easily somebody like Trump could bypass them all. I don't share your faith that those will stand.
Silent Type
(3,504 posts)TxGuitar
(4,245 posts)When your enemy is digging a hole, hand him a shovel.
Helping Haley win shit is giving the Rs a ladder.
Let them die, to quote Jim Kirk.
TwilightZone
(25,684 posts)There may not be enough Dems in the entire state to make that up. It would be a waste of time.
honest.abe
(8,709 posts)Is it not worth the effort to stop the possibility of America's first dictator??
TwilightZone
(25,684 posts)Not waste time on pointless stunts that have quite literally zero chance of being successful.
honest.abe
(8,709 posts)The problem is in a two person race Trump has a good chance to win. All it takes is some global crisis, or economic meltdown or a number of other issues that might hit as an "October Surprise". Biden will get blamed and Trump could win. Also don't forget the "Comey letter".
womanofthehills
(8,913 posts)16% of young say they are not going to vote
limbicnuminousity
(1,409 posts)Their entire ideology is imploding. Any "chaos operations" would merely distract.
TheKentuckian
(25,132 posts)Intramurals.
We tend to always choose poorly when we try to be too clever by half.
MOMFUDSKI
(6,283 posts)the effort.