2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Those Who Say They Won't Support the Eventual Nominee -- Consider This... [View all]Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)I will read your post in it's entirety if that mistake is fixed if not well I am just not interested. First mistake, no one owes Democrats their vote. That kind of thinking is for socially conservative Republicans who win votes by promising to oppress people that social conservatives deem unworthy of being equals in society. Democrats must earn votes by showing how they are going to make life better for the groups that conservatives hold down by ostracization, punitive laws, and in too many cases by physical force. They also must show how they are going to relieve the economic hardships imposed by a feudal like system.
Another problem is thinking that everyone who tends to vote Democrat is in fact a democrat. Many people who vote this way are doing so for pragmatic reasons and not because they feel they are Democrats, but because Democrats are the only other viable party in national elections and voting Republican is out of the question. Many of these people aren't going to see a lot of difference between a corporatist Clinton and a corporatist Trump. But, they hold Democrats to higher standards so guess what that leaves them to thinking they will not vote for a friendly face that will cut them.
Instead of arguing that one must vote for the Democratic nominee over a Republican make that nominee be someone that liberal Democrats, liberal Independents, and progressives can vote for not someone they must vote for because Republicans suck.