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In reply to the discussion: Message to the Left-Wing [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)mostly we cover social justice and shit like that.
Here is the view from many of my sources. They do not trust, or care for electoral politics anymore, partly because of what they have seen at both national and local levels.
Some, my local taxi drivers, will be out and vote democratic no matter what, since they know a democratic city council member (they are non partisan but whatever), got them medallions. But on the other hand, great majorities of workers do not trust democrats, or republicans. They hold the same level of distrust for both parties.
The, they are the same, or very similar, is especially present with the top of both parties. But even on a few of the local issues people are starting to lose trust in the whole electoral process. People are pissed. And I mean the pissed part. They are also increasingly feeling hopeless.
The challenge is not to get many former voters to vote for one party, the other, or a third party, it is to get them to vote. Though... and I know that patrol you speak off will get pissed, those who come from other places around the world, who are now US Citizens get this very well. This goes beyond voting anymore, and just voting is not going to get anything.
And labor... well, I hear this regularly, but they all consistently say that their members are all but enthused about HRC, getting them to vote for her will be a challenge, and many of their members want to concentrate on local races, and to hell with the national... so take that for what it is, a warning.
Now back to water issues. I really need to get back to the drought... and the water board document. Those are NEVER easy reading.