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I think the solution is simple: Democrats need to vote in Republican primaries and pull that party back closer to the center. Primaries are low-turnout affairs,
by the_snooze 3y ago
I think the solution is simple: Democrats need to vote in Republican primaries and pull that party back closer to the center. Primaries are low-turnout affairs, so a Democratic bloc can put the scare in any nutso incumbent.
- leereeves 3y agoUnfortunately Democrats do the opposite. They interfere in Republican primaries to push that party further to the right and nominate the extreme candidates (the pied-piper strategy). https://theweek.com/speed-reads/1015258/the-pied-piper-strategy https://theweek.com/speed-reads/1015258/the-pied-piper-strat...
- the_snooze 3y agoIt's such an idiotic tactic. It completely undermines any legitimate concerns that the GOP has an extremism problem. If one truly believes those extremists are dangerous, then they should be defeated at any stage of the election process, not cynically advanced to a general election. The smart example is crossover voters helping Georgia's Brad Raffensberger win over his Trump-backed primary opponent.