• solarvector
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    This seems incredibly short sighted. People don’t like having their voice silenced, for good reason. Refuse them a chance now and they’re more likely to make their displeasure known in the general election when it will have a much greater effect.

    • D61 [any]English
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      I find it hilarious as the “vote uncommitted” movement(?) specifically says that they will vote for whoever is on the Dem ticket in the General Election. This is just a complete self own by the Democratic Party.

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        When party members show a lack of support it suggests that the independent voters are also likely to be questioning their support. It is atill a message that might influence his campaign if it was anything other than Israel.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPM
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      Precisely, the more of this sort of stuff happens the more people start realizing that the veneer of democracy is paper thin.

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    I need a different voting system, this one is fucked.

  • KoboldKomrade [he/him]English
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    In Communist China, the Ruling Party chooses their own candidates and cancels local elections when their choice might lose.

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      and cancels local elections when their choice might lose. face any opposition

  • NewLeaf [he/him]English
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    Remember the quote “if voting mattered, they would make it illegal”?

    Here we are.

    Not saying voting matters, btw

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      It only matters in how it makes their vibes feel; which is why they’re doing this. This is the same kind of spite that they ratfucked Sanders with-- not that Sanders would’ve been any net positive.

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    This is very disingenuous. It wasn’t cancelled “to deny uncommitted challenge”

    It was cancelled to save money.

    They have always done this. They cancelled Obama’s and Clinton’s re-election primaries as well.