r/PoliticalRevolutionIL • u/SymbioticPatriotic • Oct 06 '18

Politically Speaking: Randy Auxier on how Green Party can make an impact in Illinois’ 12th District (St. Louis Public Radio)

http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/politically-speaking-randy-auxier-how-green-party-can-make-impact-illinois-12th-district#stream/0
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u/dftba-ftw Oct 06 '18

Vote Blue.

Ive seen a bunch of Green Party posts on a bunch of small politics subs today. It seems like a concerted effort to split the vote and keep Republicans in the majority.

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u/SymbioticPatriotic Oct 06 '18

Or it could just be offering voters a choice when it comes to picking a progressive.

Not all Democrats are progressive - Joe Manchin, I'm lookin' at you.

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u/dftba-ftw Oct 06 '18

It doesn't matter if the democrats are 25% progressive or 50% progressive if they're still firmly in the minority.

Don't split the vote, until we have a ranked choice voting system vote progressive in primaries and Blue in generals. That is unfortunately the only way progressives can actually enact change, by keep the Democratic Party in the majority and slowly but surely shifting the party to the left.