• InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    r/politics thread

    I thought there would be some copium. I was certain there would be some top comments saying "I hope she can stay in office until after the elections..." But even the libs have had enough. All the top comments I glanced at are similar to this very top comment...

    There have BEEN concerns for a while. This was a story last year and it got swept under the rug. Just go. Go hang with your grandkids and quit clinging to power. You are hurting us.

    • Lundi [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Yeah but Californians keep voting for her for some dumbass reason lmao she sucks so hard lol

      • star_wraith [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Jungle primary assures only centrist Dems will ever be elected in CA (top 2 vote getters in the primaries go on to the general, regardless of party. So the matchup is a centrist Dem against a somewhat further left Dem, and all the Republican voters just vote for the centrist).

        Edit: If I was advising a leftish dem in CA, I'd suggest finding issues that call pull in right wing voters that don't compromise principles i.e. guns.

        • lascaux [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          i knew a few r's who voted for de leon last time to own the libs. they figured that even if he won he would be ineffective and not be able to get anything done because "he is so far left", which you know, probably not wrong. plus a lot of republicans fucking hate feinstein so much they would vote for stalin if he was running against her

          • pikman1 [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            I want to live in the universe where Stalin moved to California, ran against Feinstein for Senate, and then won and is a now a member of U.S. Congress.

        • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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          3 years ago

          Jungle primary assures only centrist Dems will ever be elected in CA

          Prior to the jungle primary, Feinstein was still cleaning up. She'd just clobber whomever was in the primary and curb stomp the Republican in the general.

      • lascaux [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        ca dems even endorsed her opponent last time but she still won lol. name recognition is ridiculously powerful in politics

        • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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          3 years ago

          That's why I'm running for county dog catcher after I change my named to Aafrank

          • TerminalEncounter [she/her]
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            3 years ago

            You gotta go with the people that legally change their name to "Cut Taxes" or "Medicare For All"