What ARE LITMUS tests for Dems?

[loyalsister]

35. Exactly

Primaries exist to try to find some agreement on what the Democratic candidate should stand for. When you're talking about local offices, it's up to those voters to decide what they demand without conditions and what they can live with.
I tend to focus on local elections and that is where my money goes if I donate. I have never given to the DNC because I want my money to go directly to the candidates of my choice and I don't always like the one size fits all platforms.
I am very much against the death penalty and in primaries I always hope to be able to vote for a candidate who opposes it. Still, I voted twice for a governor who had overseen 90% of all executions in my state. There were a lot of things I really disliked him for, but I would love to have him and some prolife Democrats whose districts have swung republican back.