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Anonymous
| I am really struggling with picking a candidate for the VA lieutenant governor primary this year? None of them seem particularly moderate and their policy platform issues seem almost identical. I just want a moderate dem that won’t support some of the more unhinged progressive policy agendas. I am looking for one that will respect local voter control over communities (eg. No Tyson’s Casino bills or state level zoning reforms that force density on communities that don’t want it). Someone who is actually reasonable about public safety and doesn’t want to reduce penalties on crime. Also, don’t tell me to vote for Babur Lateef (in the primary) he is super sleazy and will bring nothing good to our state. So out of the other remaining candidates which one is the most moderate? |
Anonymous
| Ranked choice voting will bring the moderates to the ticket! |
Anonymous
Congress is talking about banning ranked choice voting 
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Anonymous
Ranked choice voting can be gamed. I know it's the flavor of the day, but it's a bad idea. |
Anonymous
| I've heard good things about Hashami, but she may be too Progressive for you. Please do not vote for Stoney. He was a horrible, corrupt mayor who let Richmond's infrastructure slide into third world territory. |
Anonymous
Alright thanks for the info. So take Stoney off the list. It seems that both Stoney and Lateef are corrupt. |
Anonymous
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The problem is you (general) want a moderate dem to be what republicans were before the tea party and MAGA.
What you call "unhinged" is what the party should be standing for instead of chasing the right to catch voters like you. |
Anonymous
Cite? |
Anonymous
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Ranked choice voting helps a bit, but you need to pair it with something like jungle primaries to really make it effective.
It's how Lisa Murkowski has managed to keep her seat despite challenges from MAGA candidates. |
Anonymous
I would love the combination of jungle primaries and ranked choice voting. I’m tired of the extremists that emerge from primaries. |
Anonymous
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List the extreme things of each candidate and then compare them I mean, what is the extreme thing of the progressive versus the extreme thing of the conservative.
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Anonymous
MAGA is just so extreme any normal candidate will seem “leftists” by comparison. One wants to destroy the economy by doing away with free markets, force your children to work in factories for $3 an hour and do away with the constitution. The other wants to balance the budget, protect voting rights and invested infrastructure. |
Anonymous
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The lt governor doesn’t really do anything except break ties in the state senate so it’s important that the elected person aligns with the person you want winning the gubernatorial election. If you want Spanberger as governor, you want the most electable democrat as lt governor. Stoney isn’t it!
The Lt governor doesn’t make policy. We could end up with Reid winning which would be a nightmare if Spanberger wins her election. |
Anonymous
Obviously. That is why I always vote D. But I don’t agree with everything they stand for and neither do many others. But the R candidates are always worse and always ridiculously extreme. Most Americans would be better served by more reasonable people and the jungle primary with ranked choice voting might help get us there (I am eager to learn more). |
Anonymous
This. I grew up in a Republican family. The modern Democratic party is closer to the old school Repubs, than the MAGA or Tea Party types. They aren't extreme to me, and seem really moderate. Right wing outlets will claim absurd stuff like "they want 3rd trimester abortions for all!" or "they want gender changes for 5 year olds!" but that's total BS. No Democrat is remotely arguing those kinds of things. FYI I voted for Hashemi today. |