Blue vs red, vote blue. Blue progressive vs blue establishment, vote progressive.
Baby steps till we are out of this fascist shit hole era.
(Ranked voting would be so nice)
this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2026
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How is it dumb? Because you don't like supporting an imperfect candidate? I understand that, but "never red until dead" is what got us Trump. Like, literally. I've posted this before, but this would have been the result if "Did Not Vote" was a political candidate in 2024:
And 2020:
And 2016:
That's enough to swing the election to either party, all 3 times. Hell, it could have handed both the 2016 and 2024 elections to an unaffiliated, 3rd-party candidate who had zero corporate sponsors and would 100% work for the benefit of working people in every state in the country, without having to listen to a single lobbyist! And Trump would have never been president.
But we have to be realistic. With the Electoral College and our "first past the post" system, a 3rd-party candidate has no chance of winning a presidential election. Not yet. Now, that alone will piss people off and they'll downvote this very comment, but it's the truth. Other countries have more than 2 parties, so they can organize strategic coalitions. If that "Did Not Vote" actually was a political party, both sides would have to pay attention to them, because again, every single election they could defeat either party. Power to The People.
So why do I mention this in the context of "vote blue, no matter who"? Because of Trump. Because the Republican party doesn't pivot to working for The People when they can't win elections. They pivot to fascism, voter suppression, unlimited dark money in elections, discrimination, Supreme Court overreach, foreign interference, fake electors, and literal fraud. But all of this corruption, unaffordability, and incompetence could have been avoided, simply by supporting the candidate who was not my favorite and probably not yours either. It's much more important to defeat Republicans than it is to have a purity test most politicians will fail. At least until we have election reform. Because the very instant we have more than 2 parties, I'll shut up about this. But until then, we can't let perfect be the enemy of good...
https://www.environmentalvoter.org/updates/2024-was-landslidefor-did-not-vote
As someone who lives in Missouri, this doesn't do anything to convince me to help Dems instead of continuing what I already do (vote third party).
Why would I try to convince you to help Dems? I'm not a Democrat. But many people are starting to realize that Republicans are not just an enemy of the working classes, but an existential threat to this country itself. We have to unite to keep them out of power, and reform the electoral process. That means our goals will sometimes align with Democrats; they need us and we need them. For now, we live in a 2-party system. Voting for a 3rd-party candidate that literally cannot win is throwing away your vote, simple as that. Almost as bad as sitting home and not voting. That's not a judgement of you, I'm simply stating the reality. It's unfair but it's the truth.
Sure, but look at how Missouri turned out on your maps. Only 1 of them showed that voting differently would have mattered. No matter what my state was going red. So you tell me what can be done to stop that from happening cause clearly voting isn't gonna do that.
they already did "better dead than red" but they meant communists
I'm going to start using it again but mean Republicans
If everyone would do blue no matter who that might be a united force. Biden was imo not a good alternative for Trump, but he clearly was the better option. Fight for your first choice obviously, but also for your second and third one after your favourite doesn't make it to 'the next round'.
Why can you only afford two colors?
Have you seen the economy lately??
Is this "economy" with us in the room right now?
I feel like “never red ‘till dead” is just inviting them to vote for dead people
That has literally happened before. John Ashcroft famously lost an election to Mel Carnahan despite Carnahan being dead.
"Sorry, John. The dead guy just scares me a lot less than you do." - Robin Williams on the subject
that's embarrassing, lol.
I vote dead people
Never red, even dead.
So Blue MAGA is now openly admitting to being the heirs of McCarthy? We're now openly acknowledging that the DNC is not to the left of anything but the RNC?
"Better dead than Red" sounds like the perfect mantra for such a party.
Imagine thinking the billionaire owned party is going to save you from the other billionaire owned party.
No, you are an idiot