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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do non-socialist democrats do in DC? Are we just republicans now?[/quote]

This is the most important question in this election cycle. [/quote]

The biggest challenge with DC politics as I see it is there's no credible opposition party.  Sure, you've got the lefty progressive/DSA types and the good ol' boy old-school Dems, but they're both part of the same Democratic Party and all run in a closed primary, which is the de facto general election.  Ranked-choice voting will help, but I'd love to see some sort of opposition party that wasn't a bunch of MAGA morons or weird libertarian types.  Open primaries would probably help too. [/quote]

It’s because the DC Republican Party doesn’t actually try to win elections…the people that run it are trying to get national party, federal or lobbying jobs.

They know MAGA can’t even get 5% of the vote in DC, but if they ran on a centrist platform to win (which would include standing up to Trump on certain issues), they would be exiled from the jobs they covet.

Best thing they could do would be to officially indicate they won’t run any candidates and then let an independent try to make a go.[/quote]

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