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2016 Postmortem

HereSince1628

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5. I don't expect politicians to win votes by threatening voters with bad things if they don't

Reply to highprincipleswork (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 14, 2016, 05:44 PM

Mar 2016

Fear is a feature and a tool of conservatism.

I expect politicians to grasp where their constituents (or the constituents they want to be theirs) are with respect to what is acceptable and to pledge to provide it.

I'm not suggesting that a person be a weathervane. I do expect pledges to mean something. I also don't expect a candidate to sit on the barn roof telling us the sky is going to fall unless we vote for him or her.

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If you are in a primary and you need the support of another candidate's voters [View all] HereSince1628 Mar 2016 OP

since 3rd way took over Democratic Party ibegurpard Mar 2016 #1

My question isn't the -when- of this, it is -WHY?- HereSince1628 Mar 2016 #3

Except the independents aren't corporate centrists, which is why the ploy never worked. hedda_foil Mar 2016 #4

If there aren't enough corporate centrists to get you the win... HereSince1628 Mar 2016 #7

For politicians who change with the wind and just tell you what you want to hear. highprincipleswork Mar 2016 #2

I don't expect politicians to win votes by threatening voters with bad things if they don't HereSince1628 Mar 2016 #5

It's not what I want. That's why I am voting for Bernie! peacebird Mar 2016 #6

From a voter's point of view, that's how it should be... you vote for HereSince1628 Mar 2016 #8