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In reply to the discussion: A Party that loses an election and blames voters for not showing up at the polls . . . [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)148. Why does the party have to do that?
You have a right to participate, a right to vote, to be involved in electing people to office. Staying out of it is of no advantage whatsoever. You could vote Green or what have you.
For that matter, why aren't people blaming the Greens for not giving these people something to vote FOR? Or the Socialists? Why don't the leaders of those parties step into the void? You'd have thought that was what people here wanted if they gave up on Democrats. Yet all they want to do a trash Democrats.
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A Party that loses an election and blames voters for not showing up at the polls . . . [View all]
markpkessinger
Nov 2014
OP
This is easy for anyone to think through. One third voted leaving two thirds not voting.
Thinkingabout
Nov 2014
#1
Are you saying not voting is a winning strategy? The GOP candidates are the winners.
Thinkingabout
Nov 2014
#36
Where, anywhere in this thread, is it said or even remotely implied . . .
markpkessinger
Nov 2014
#45
No, what he's saying is not giving people something to vote FOR is a losing
SomethingFishy
Nov 2014
#47
I am surprised with so much information available with just a few keystrokes
Thinkingabout
Nov 2014
#107
What is the result of a party that fails to motivate people to go to the polls?
markpkessinger
Nov 2014
#74
I went fishing the other day. Saved a lot of money by not baiting my hook.
Jackpine Radical
Nov 2014
#77
At least you seem to know how to fish, perhaps your next trip will result in fish.
Thinkingabout
Nov 2014
#159
Looks like you have the right answer, at least when the biyching starts the first question will be
Thinkingabout
Nov 2014
#161
True. And this no vote threat never comes with any detail about what WOULD inspire them
treestar
Nov 2014
#163
If you're on a sinking ship and you want bail water just because you don't like the captain
TiredOfNo
Nov 2014
#59
Right so when the Captain of Titanic ran his ship into the fucking iceberg,
SomethingFishy
Nov 2014
#62
But if you put your ballot into a voting machine that shreds it, will you still feel better? nm
rhett o rick
Nov 2014
#169
BOTH have to be done. Enough SHITTY EXCUSES FOR NOT VOTING ! That said, yes, Dems need to figure
RBInMaine
Nov 2014
#126
"We suck, but we suck less than they do" doesn't motivate people very much.
LuvNewcastle
Nov 2014
#2
Perhaps we need to be looking more deeply at the question of WHY they didn't vote . . .
markpkessinger
Nov 2014
#6
I agree. But reasoned analysis will return only after the hurt and anger has been vented.
GliderGuider
Nov 2014
#8
"wimps who are terrified of pissing off the monied interests more than the people" DING DING DING!
L0oniX
Nov 2014
#90
Nothing is more pathetic than wannabe leaders who complain that the led are not following. nt
bemildred
Nov 2014
#16
Not at all -- that would be the logical fallacy of illicit transference . . .
markpkessinger
Nov 2014
#111
I was wondering when someone was going to bring his name up in 1 of these threads.
Major Hogwash
Nov 2014
#122
Apparently, poor conservative whites came out in sufficient numbers for the Republicans.
branford
Nov 2014
#24
Good point. Rush's echo chamber on the radio from the late 80s helped them a lot in 1994.
Major Hogwash
Nov 2014
#121
Getting folks to turn out for Presidential elections is usually much easier . . .
markpkessinger
Nov 2014
#34
But think of it this way: We simply made a crappy movie and no one wanted to stand in line to see it
stupidicus
Nov 2014
#35
'Sold' like any other product? So our principles are reduced to business terms now?
randome
Nov 2014
#70
Yeah, the Environment in Crisis with Global Climate Chance isn't enough to get these whiners out of
Cha
Nov 2014
#106
This should be a part of reasoning for voting, for the members,of Congress who
Thinkingabout
Nov 2014
#51
Let me say I have not listed you as being an advocate foe not voting, I am
Thinkingabout
Nov 2014
#94
Let me say this, I am in the autumn of my life, I have voted all of my life,
Thinkingabout
Nov 2014
#109
I have finally learned there is no difference between a voter who gives up and a President ...
DrBulldog
Nov 2014
#58
ask a K-12 teacher what they see. Obamacare did some good, but a lot of the good is done only when
yurbud
Nov 2014
#98
I'd bet that a lot of people were not voting FOR Republicans but AGAINST Democrats.
Kablooie
Nov 2014
#103
Yep, they couldn't vote against Obama himself who they were conditioned to hate...
cascadiance
Nov 2014
#140
The problem was largely turnout, but it's not the party that should blame the voters,
hughee99
Nov 2014
#123
So minimum wage increases weren't worth showing up for? Marijuana legalization wasn't worth showing
Chathamization
Nov 2014
#129
In texas, where you could legally use hunters license to vote but not a student ID...
cascadiance
Nov 2014
#136
It's actually funny to me that the self-described "reality-based community" is arguing with you.
Marr
Nov 2014
#134
Rahm Emanuel calling liberals "f-ing retarded" epitomizes a symptom of blaming the voters disease...
cascadiance
Nov 2014
#135
The party has not made it clear that there is a meaningful advantage to voting for Dems.
Marr
Nov 2014
#143
Yeah helping to "fast track" American job destroying TPP behind closed doors helps get votes huh?
cascadiance
Nov 2014
#158
I didn't say the party would be more successful if it was both more socially and fiscally liberal.
Marr
Nov 2014
#181
It's also like CDC's Tom Frieden blaming nurses for spreading Ebola. When DWS and
whereisjustice
Nov 2014
#160