We need ranked choice voting.
I WANT to vote for the non-status-quo Dems, but I also do not want to risk my state falling to the MAGAt morons.
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the status-quo-dems and Republicans say "no deal"
I'd probably switch my party designation if we didn't have closed primaries here in Oregon. They've made it so you have to kiss the ring in order to participate in democracy.
In Virginia there is no party registration, but you can only vote in one or the other on primary day...
When there is no one candidate that stands out on the Democrat side, I'll usually pull a Republican primary ballot and vote for the most left leaning republican of the bunch... They never win, but anything to undermine their standing as shoe-in is better than nothing.
They've made it so you have to kiss the ring in order to participate in democracy.
That's honestly how it has been, since the writing of the constitution, for the entire country...
The ring belonging to the rich, of course.
I haven't declared any party and never will. In my state you just pick which primary you want to vote in. I even moved states to another state that didn't require it.
In retrospect, my point was slightly tangential. I was lamenting the fact that the system itself is designed in such a way that anyone who wants to run for office is incentivized to seek funds from those with wealth - they must kiss the ring. It's meant to ensure that only capital-approved candidates ever make it onto the ballots. Only massive organizing efforts can push through that barrier. If you piss enough people off, they'll overcome such barriers and that scares the ever-loving shit out of the rich who know what's up.
Same in South Dakota, only Republicans get primaries here.
The whole of Idaho makes sense seeing how radical the right wing has become and by extension the left has also warped into something unrecognizable.
Idaho only has two House seats, so it's not too hard to cover the whole thing.
I do note with some interest that while Wyoming and North Dakota aren't on there, Idaho and West Virginia are. Those four states were the four states with the highest percentage share for Trump in 2024, and both Idaho and West Virginia have independents running in all House districts.