Magick: Book 4 -
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Love is the law, love under will.
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Sunday, 25 June 2017
quote [ A survey of the civically unengaged finds they lack interest, but outreach opportunities exist ]
1/2 of these people are unreachable and a lot don't have the mental capacity to vote. The other 1/2 are the biggest untapped voting block there is.
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bbqkink said @ 11:35pm GMT on 26th June
" it is fucked up that the Democratic party doesn't want to engage or spend resources on vast portions of the country."
Couldn't agree more. The 3 special elections we had show exactly how that works.
It is almost to late to get a candidate into 2018. But if 3rd parties want to be considered they need to work at the state and local level and build a base. Running the same candidate over and over not being on the ballot not having matching funds...is wasted time and energy.
The smarter strategy is to do what the T-Party did and what Sen. Sanders is trying to do. Take over and existing party. either way you need candidates...getting harder to find than hens teeth.
bbqkink said @ 11:41pm GMT on 26th June
" it is fucked up that the Democratic party doesn't want to engage or spend resources on vast portions of the country."
Couldn't agree more. The 3 special elections we had show exactly how that works.
It is almost to late to get a candidate into 2018. But if 3rd parties want to be considered they need to work at the state and local level and build a base. Running the same candidate over and over not being on the ballot not having matching funds...is wasted time and energy.
The smarter strategy is to do what the T-Party did and what Sen. Sanders is trying to do. Take over and existing party. either way you need candidates...getting harder to find than hens teeth.
But if it comes down to Tuesday, election day, and you vote for somebody who has no chance to win realize you just abdicated your vote...if the third party candidate has at least a chance at %5 of the vote go for it if you are building a party you may have to do it that way.
The only person who had a chance to do that ran as a Democrat and as a consequence of that controls a good percentage of the levers of power...and is building a network as we speak...but there are some that want to throw all that away.
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bbqkink said @ 11:35pm GMT on 26th June
" it is fucked up that the Democratic party doesn't want to engage or spend resources on vast portions of the country."
Couldn't agree more. The 3 special elections we had show exactly how that works.
It is almost to late to get a candidate into 2018. But if 3rd parties want to be considered they need to work at the state and local level and build a base. Running the same candidate over and over not being on the ballot not having matching funds...is wasted time and energy.
The smarter strategy is to do what the T-Party did and what Sen. Sanders is trying to do. Take over and existing party. either way you need candidates...getting harder to find than hens teeth.
But if it comes down to Tuesday, election day, and you vote for somebody who has no chance to win realize you just abdicated your vote...if the third party candidate has at least a chance at %5 of the vote go for it if you are building a party you may have to do it that way.
The only person who had a chance to do that ran as a Democrat and as a consequence of that controls a good percentage of the levers of power...and is building a network as we speak...but there are some that want to throw all that away.
