It's about pragamatism - Emma
Sam "Harris" Seder - I voted for Nader and we got Bush (just going to omit how shitty 
was for the left, labor, LGBTBQ and the DNC nominating his VP to extend his policies were or how the DNC went on to rehabilitate 
and were willing partners during his reign of shit.)
Look honey, we see you and hear you on that 
xenophobia, but the reality is there are a lot of racists in this country and we can't afford to stand on principal now.
It's infuriating, and in most cases, unless you live in a swing state, your vote doesn't count. It doesn't matter who I vote for, my state has been blue since the 90s, and by a wide margin. There is no doubt who is going to win in my state in November. We make up such an insignificant portion of the vote that we do not actually impact it in any way.
But you know what does impact the vote? Apathy. When people are apathetic about the process, they disengage from voting. You know who is seldomly apathetic about the process? Conservatives. Democrats, if they were interested in winning, would never lose an election against the current slate of conservatives. Part of that apathy comes from people like Sam telling the apathetic viewers in his audience that they need to "vote blue no matter who".
I always go back to the chapo interview on that lanyard podcast by establishment journalists. https://youtu.be/leDn52N1nr0?t=1430
Just barely holding back rage as these dipshits try asking one by one if they would vote for specific candidates.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
I agree wholeheartedly. All the Democrats need to do is offer something OTHER than "republican but nice about it" policies. Completely abandoning the snide, condescending attitude when people balk at voting for the modern nazis party's polite wing would also go miles towards making non-affiliated people not hate democrats and their supporters, too.