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hfojvt

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38. being party registered has nothing to do with voting

Mon Feb 15, 2016, 05:57 PM

Feb 2016

If you do not like Candidate D or Candidate R in November, well, as a registered Democrat you may have the option between selecting D-1 or D-2 or D-3 in a primary. Many times you will NOT have that option, you will not have a contested primary. But you at least some times have a choice if you are registered with a party.

A valid third party seems like a ridiculous pipe dream to me. We cannot even get candidates to create a viable 2nd party. Where are all these great candidates going to come from? If they exist, then why don't they run as Democrats? Because they cannot beat the big, bad Democratic machine? If they cannot do that, then how are they gonna beat the much stronger Republican machine?

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California: 4 Republican House seats running UNopposed [View all] FreakinDJ Feb 2016 OP

Heckuva 'party' we've got, eh, dws??? elleng Feb 2016 #1

Meh...fighting in those districts would be a waste of money. Xolodno Feb 2016 #33

Even if it's a sacrificial lamb, the Democrats need to run someone. backscatter712 Feb 2016 #41

Going to say, no. Xolodno Feb 2016 #42

Senator Pryor ran unopposed in 2008, how did he fare in 2014? CommonSenseDemocrat Feb 2016 #55

Thus sayeth the state party about half the districts in the state XemaSab Feb 2016 #54

This means they're running unopposed in the primary only, right? brush Feb 2016 #2

NOPE - No Dem candidate for that seat FreakinDJ Feb 2016 #4

Gawd! brush Feb 2016 #14

My purple district had an unopposed R last election. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #3

threatened him and his family? hfojvt Feb 2016 #15

Yes. Anonymous threats of harm left on voicemail. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #18

that's hard to believe hfojvt Feb 2016 #23

I'm here in FL, I've seen her shit first hand. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #26

I am not disputing you hfojvt Feb 2016 #32

Many liberal Democrats have changed to Ind in disgust. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #35

I don't see how that move accomplishes anything hfojvt Feb 2016 #36

Gotta give them a reason to vote. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #37

being party registered has nothing to do with voting hfojvt Feb 2016 #38

I don't think you've been comprehending what I'm saying. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #40

to some degree, people in the party do NOT like primaries hfojvt Feb 2016 #43

Local party officials left voicemails threatening physical harm... HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #45

in wisconsin we have this wonderful thing called targeted races dembotoz Feb 2016 #5

DNC/DLC starting to look more like RNC FreakinDJ Feb 2016 #6

Yes. I lived in a NW IA district until I was 25 and that is jwirr Feb 2016 #17

DCCC has a program too - Red to Blue Brother Buzz Feb 2016 #12

and with this policy they never will dembotoz Feb 2016 #22

I was pissed when they initally supported a local candidate early in the last midterm election..... Brother Buzz Feb 2016 #24

Any one of them could have a scandal Qutzupalotl Feb 2016 #25

I don't disagree Brother Buzz Feb 2016 #34

No excuse for not having at least a token candidate. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2016 #7

Problem is...they know they are a token. Xolodno Feb 2016 #44

If it bugs you being a token then you're not the person to do it. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2016 #46

Sad to say....it is an either/or situation. Xolodno Feb 2016 #48

Hard to get a candidate make the calls to raise cash. Friends and family are a target dembotoz Feb 2016 #52

Same in my area, plenty or R's running unopposed bhikkhu Feb 2016 #8

The Bernie Revolution will have their Own 50 State Solution FreakinDJ Feb 2016 #11

That will have to be the next step. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #19

+1000 nt abelenkpe Feb 2016 #31

DWS has to go now! B Calm Feb 2016 #9

pretty sad hfojvt Feb 2016 #10

I'm curious why you think the 48th should be competitive onenote Feb 2016 #20

the OP said R +7 hfojvt Feb 2016 #21

Just where is the DNC? I'm beginning to wonder if we really have one. mountain grammy Feb 2016 #13

California: 24 Democrats running unopposed by repubs onenote Feb 2016 #16

So democratic voters in hard to win areas are just screwed. . B Calm Feb 2016 #27

Are they less screwed if they spend money on an unwindable election? onenote Feb 2016 #29

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don�t have any. �Alice Walker B Calm Feb 2016 #47

There is a candidate to run against Hunter. oldandhappy Feb 2016 #28

Shouldn't some real progressives run against them? Bohemianwriter Feb 2016 #30

Exactly my point FreakinDJ Feb 2016 #50

Dana Rohrabacher is beatable Sen. Walter Sobchak Feb 2016 #39

I know that Hunter is next to impossible to unseat nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #49

Thanks, Debbie! Iggo Feb 2016 #51

California is terrible about ceding elections to Republicans. XemaSab Feb 2016 #53