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The confusion here is the primary vs the general. MAIL IN VOTES FOR BERNIE IN THE PRIMARY. This gives bernie more delegates and shows we want his policies, it pushes the party left. However since he probably won’t get the nomination our only (real) options are biden and trump in the general election. At the general stage, it will vary wildly state to state who has the political flexiblity to throw their vote away in protest. Due to the electoral college fuckery.(Google it for details.) Florida? Hell no, bite the bullet vote for biden. Alabama? Yeah thats not going blue anytime soon, vote for the green party or write in bernie if you want. Show them what you actually want! (worth googling what states went blue in 2008, if the obama theory holds up) Staying silent and not voting however helps noone, in any state.
Okay Bernie stans.
I need you all to prepare yourselves to vote for Biden in November.
I’m not happy about it either. I wanted Elizabeth Warren to destroy Trump on the debate floor. I wanted to watch her shatter the glass ceiling. I wanted student loan forgiveness, Medicare for All, and refugee and immigrant protections.
But I’m not going to get that. So I am going all in for Biden.
This can no longer be a matter of “well if I don’t get my way THEN I’M NOT VOTING”. I’d hoped you all learned your lessons four years ago, but from what I’ve seen on social media, that’s not been the case. Biden is not ideal but he is better than the alternative. He is a Democrat who will continue Obama’s legacy. And you have a shot in hell of getting progressive movements like Medicare for All under a blue majority Congress; we do not have that under Trump.
Biden is more willing to listen to the progressive factions of the Democrat party than Trump is. We will get shit done under him.
We cannot survive a second term of Trump. I need you all to hold your noses, put on your big girl pants, and deal with it. Prepare to vote for Biden.