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Democrat reformists finding out that Democrats will only play dirty against the left. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] M1ch431@slrpnk.net 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

The issue is that with ballot access laws, third parties have to have a ton of momentum. And Democrats systematically engage in lawfare to kick third parties and other individuals off the ballot - look it up, they fight anyone to the left of them with more cohesion than they fight Republicans or Trump.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yup. I wanted to vote for the socialist candidate last election, and democrats sued her off the ballot.

That did not result in me voting for Harris, but it did convince me to refuse to vote for any down ballot democrats.

[–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My party also had no candidate on the ballot because they were sued by the Dems. Not sure who they think they're winning over with that.

[–] piefood@feddit.online 1 points 4 months ago

Not sure who they think they're winning over with that.

Their rich donors

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