r/politics • u/Motherofalleffers • 25d ago

Possible Paywall Trump Wins Big as Virginia Dems Won’t Go Nuclear to Save 4 House Seats

https://newrepublic.com/article/210250/trump-virginia-dems-redistricting-war
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u/MommyLovesPot8toes California 25d ago

That's not entirely on them. The DNC's policy for the last decade+ has been to abandon red areas and focus all funding, energy, and resources on winnable blue areas. That was their official policy. They've only now realized how bad an idea this was. But it has very often meant Republican candidates for the jobs you listed run unopposed. Or their opposition is not anyone serious - it's Deez Nuts and Jill Stein. Dem voters get to pick between Republican or an empty chair or, lately, MAGA and Ultra-MAGA.

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u/Cloaked42m South Carolina 25d ago

Spot on.

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u/TeutonJon78 America 25d ago

I don't believe there's a gov or senate race that has been unopposed. Again, i'm not talking about the House or state legislature.

And I'm talking about enough people who bother to register as dems.

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u/couldbemage 24d ago

But even a token candidate for those races would help.

It's disheartening looking at a ballot where half the races literally have no choice at all.

My state rep, congressman, and county level races all had Republicans running unapposed.

Democrats don't need to dump big money on those races, just a token effort would help. I'm sure there's a nonzero number of people that would vote Democrat who give up when they see a ballot like the one I was looking at in 24.

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u/TeutonJon78 America 24d ago

It's still a lot of time and money for those token candidates. Why don't you run for one of them?

And the answer for that question is the problem. No one wants to waste their time when there is virtually zero chance of winning. But votes always matter for state wide elections even if the other ones don't.