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    3 months ago

    I love how every discussion completely avoids the topic of people running against these far right fascists themselves. There’s always a ludicrous number of scapegoat reasons why not from people of all backgrounds.

    It’s forgotten about all the time. Also, I’m in a state where you’re not supposed to know what political affiliation your local representatives have. It’s only for state government and higher that run partisan divides on the ballot.

    It ensures that you’re voting for someone who you’d potentially like and their actual issue stances rather than their political affiliation.

    You’d be surprised how many common issues people bridge on despite them being on crazy ends of the Democrat/Republican spectrum.

    Personally I think it’s an easy plot to get more Republicans voted in at the local level, but in reality everyone can run. It’s all practically a part time job or even a retirement job for most. And you often only need hundreds of votes. Meanwhile think how many times you’ve gotten up/down voted into oblivion here or on reddit. You’d be surprised how easy it is to run a local campaign with a free website and making sure to show up for candidate debates/round tables.