Furious Democrats are pushing “Squad” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to primary Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) after he agreed to vote with Republicans to avoid a government shutdown, according to reports.

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    As long as the US uses a first-past-the-post system, third parties will not be viable.

    Democrats don’t have to field candidates if they’re so damned scared about splitting the vote. It’s not like they’re particularly interested in winning anyway.

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      2 hours ago

      Yeah, but they will anyway, because they’d rather split the vote than let progressives win. Dunno why you think that’s the case at every other point along the way but that they’ll just bow to higher goals when someone is much more explicitly trying to eat their lunch.

      At least winning a primary means trying to split the vote will go against the normies feelings of fairness and “the team”.

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        1 hour ago

        At least winning a primary means trying to split the vote will go against the normies feelings of fairness and “the team”.

        For that, you have to win a primary. And we cannot trust what democrats hilariously call primaries, when they have them at all.

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          55 minutes ago

          Why? AOC wins primaries, Omar wins primaries, Bernie wins primaries (for his senate seat). Unless you think they only cheat for the presidency, this “primaries are rigged” view seems like roughly the same level of conspiracy as the MAGAs.

          What’s the conspiracy that’s so undefeatable it’s easier to build a new party from scratch that needs to overcome vote splitting in every election?