I thought districts can only be redrawn following the census. Or when court-ordered to do so.
I think we won't see any rebalancing of the legislature in Texas until there is a Democratic surge that flips the state and federal offices. Probably a US Senate in a presidential year. That will turn Texas into a battle state for Gov, Lt. Gov, and AG in following mid-term election. Only then will we have a chance at districts being redrawn to be more representative.
I believe we have enough people of the political leaning in Texas to oust the Republicans, but only if they get the fuck to the polls and vote. Which they historically have not done.
He wasn't using the social media post as his official action. He was announcing to the public that he had taken official action (thru the proper Dept. Of Defense channels).
Yep. Aunt Wu. People would live to her prophecies ("She said I'll be wearing red shoes when I meet my true love so I always wear red shoes"). But they would also let it be an excuse to not work at something for themselves ('I'm wearing red shoes so my part is done").
You may be surprised to learn that the candidate who is more pro-Isreal/pro-genocide won, apparently to that was to teach a lesson to the less pro-genocide candidate to not be so pro-genocide. 👍
I want non-voters to vote. They aren't voters if they don't vote. I'm not addressing my comments to people who are already voting. I do don't know why you find this to be such a controversial take, but you do you.
Bro, do not even fucking dare to pretend to know how I vote or how deeply involved I am in politics
I'm not. I said a bunch of 'if' including acknowledging that if you're already actively engaged then you're not to whom my advocacy is addressed.
I've got decades of experience on campaigns in the US.
Nice. I applaud you for that.
If the Democrats continue to do what you are expressing
I'm advocating for the eligible voters who don't vote in one or both of the primaries or the general to vote. I'm telling them to stop waiting for "the Democrats" to altruistically change track and cater to them, because "the Democrats" aren't going to do that.
Democrats only shot at retaking power is to embrace their actual left wing base instead of trying to be diet Republican.
If the left wing base comes out to vote. I'm arguing that they have not been coming out to vote (in the primaries, to ensure the nomination of left wing candidates), and therefore the Democrats do not target them to win the votes they don't cast.
We already tried your approach: Its a fucking disaster.
When? Primary turnout sucks. Looking at all the even years back to 2000 I'm not seeing a single state hitting 50.
Remove the centrists, remove the corporatists. Kick them to the fucking curb for the worthless, and key word, unreliable pieces of shit that they are
That's what I'm saying. I'm just saying we the people should do it by voting instead of losing elections by not voting.
Give the people something they actually want to fucking vote for and they will.
I don't believe they will. They didn't give Bernie to the people of Vermont or AOC to the people of New York or Ilhan Omar to the people of Minnesota. All of them ran in the primary for the Democratic nomination and won by the voters (you probably already know but Bernie won the Vermont Democratic primary for Senator in 2008 then turned it down and ran as an Independent). So let's take our future ourselves by voting. If the numbers are there and they come out in the primaries then we get what we want.
There has to be more than that. If there isnt then we need to create it
That is exactly what I'm advocating for. When someone says they didn't vote because the candidates were bad, I'm going to ask if they voted in the primary, and odds are they did not. In 2022 not one state hit >40% turnout for the primaries (only 1 hit 40%), and in 2020 only 5 states were >40% (but none >45%).
We aren't creating it, because we aren't participating in the process to select the nominees. I'm advocating for people to stop waiting to the DNC to and instead rise up and dictate it to them with the power of our vote (something we have not statistically done so far).
If you're a voter who doesn't vote in the primaries then you are who I have to convince. If you're a regular non-voter then you are who I have to convince. If you regularly vote in both, then you're not who I have to convince.
It’s the voters. And they find your reasons wanting.
I'm not talking to voters. I'm talking to people who don't vote in the primaries and then say they won't vote in the general because the candidates suck.
You either meet the voters where they are at or you fail the next election cycle.
The problem is that is actually what the neolib leaders are doing. They see Republicans coming out to vote more consistently than progressives, so they're going where the voters are, which happens to be on the right. My argument is for more people on the left to actually be a consistent voter (specifically in the primaries), and then there will better candidates trying to meet you, because you are a vote they can try to win.
Like… This defense of Joe Biden/ Kamala Harris approach to the election keeps getting defended. You are arguing that “less bad” should be good enough.
No. We're acknowledge the reality that once it gets to the general election the winner will be either the Democratic or the Republican nominee, and one of them will be more aligned to my preferences than the other (even if it turned out to be only marginally better on only one topic). So given that I have the ability to help determine the winner, I will take it, even if I don't find the "better" choice to be my ideal choice.
The general election is not where you pick the best candidate, that's what the primaries are for. Yes, Biden could have chose to step aside and not run so that other serious candidates could have stepped forward (they still could have even with him running, but they chose not to, and that's on them individually to have made that choice).
I thought districts can only be redrawn following the census. Or when court-ordered to do so.
I think we won't see any rebalancing of the legislature in Texas until there is a Democratic surge that flips the state and federal offices. Probably a US Senate in a presidential year. That will turn Texas into a battle state for Gov, Lt. Gov, and AG in following mid-term election. Only then will we have a chance at districts being redrawn to be more representative.