I Would Vote for AOC and I Would Vote for Joe Manchin.

[Ocelot II]

54. Where I live, Minnesota's 5th Congressional district, any Democrat with a pulse

is almost guaranteed to win the general election, so all the action is in the primary election. I don't especially like Ilhan Omar because she seems to have little talent for actual politics, judging by the way she doesn't seem to understand when she shoots herself in the foot with her own comments. She's divisive and controversial when she doesn't need to be. Last primary I seriously considered voting for her main opponent, but when his campaign or some PAC supporting him came out with some really sleazy and dishonest advertising I decided to give Omar another chance - though considering her vote against the infrastructure bill, maybe I shouldn't have. (The other guy would have won the general election, too, since GOPers are political lepers here, and maybe he wouldn't have been so eager to grandstand and make dumb statements.) But if this had been a more purple district I'd have voted in the primary for whichever candidate had a better chance of beating the GOP candidate, and that probably wouldn't have been Omar. I will always vote strategically in order to defeat Republicans. If I lived in WVA I'd hold my nose and vote for Manchin.