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Cake day: October 17th, 2023

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  • I’m not abandoning my convictions, I’ll vote for the Democrat I think most aligns with my beliefs in the primary which I’m hoping is AOC. If my candidate doesn’t win I will vote for the person I think is better to run the country(just a wild guess but it won’t be the Republican candidate). The green party/Jil Stein doesn’t interest me at all.

    If Gavin Newsome is the Democratic candidate, he will be the only viable voting choice. I’d only be abandoning my convictions if I didn’t vote, or voted for an option that has zero chance of winning.

    Voting for a candidate that won’t possibly win is not a viable choice. It improves the odds of the person who is counter to all my convictions winning instead of 1/2 of them.

    I’m not saying that the DNC isn’t wrong about their approach to getting voters, but the worst option is for them to back a candidate like Newsome without the charisma aka Kamala Harris.

    If Kamala was running with Bernie’s platform she probably wins a close race. If Newsome ran on Bernie’s platform it’s probably a landslide. Him running kamala’s platform it’s probably a narrow victory. I think AOC would win by less than Newsome if they were both running her platform, because misogyny, but still wins pretty big overall in the general.






  • It’s the apathetic voters/ moderates that get on board with charisma. The right has a far more dependable base when it comes to getting out to vote. I think newsome is a scumbag but he’s a much more electable candidate than Harris. His shift to the right recently is gross and is the opposite of what Dems need. I have never liked him as a person but I used to generally agree with his positions, and was far more ok with him running before the last 8 mo or so. AOC would be a better candidate than him, she would inspire people to vote and I think she can overcome the the misogyny and racism by getting a bigger number to vote. Newsome could probably win but would be pulling more votes from Rs than he would bringing more votes to the table.