𝐿𝒢𝓃𝒢 "not yet begun to fight"

I don't know who needs to hear this but, (assuming 2026 and 2028 elections aren't sham elections rigged by MAGA) the way to align the Democratic party more closely with your own personal interests is to vote for it.

Every single time.
Every single election.
Every single candidate.

Voting is a 2-way street. You vote for the party that more closely aligns with your interests, and in return, the party aligns its interests more closely with the people who voted for it.

May 18, 2025 at 5:43pmWeb
Show threadStevenSavage (he/him)May 18, 2025
@Lana pretty much. I help our local democratic club. I get heard. Simple.
Show threadSimon ZerafaMay 18, 2025

@Lana

Alternatively vote for the least worst option if the best option isn't available πŸ«€πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

Show threadLuke (Shiv)May 18, 2025
@Lana Especially in primaries. And help the candidates you want to represent you. Talk about them in your community. Influence other voters.
Show threadMatthew BoothMay 18, 2025
@Lana I'm not convinced I still believe this. Is it perhaps more closely aligned with the people who paid for it?
Show thread𝐿𝒢𝓃𝒢 "not yet begun to fight"May 18, 2025

@mattb I'm convinced cynical self-fulfilling prophecies like this one are going to be the death of American Democracy. Whether it is true or untrue, spreading this is as good as disinformation.

If this is untrue, repeating it will make it true anyway.

If this is true, voting as if it isn't is the only way to make it untrue.

Show threadMichael WymanMay 18, 2025
@Lana And get involved with the party. I get very annoyed at people who say they don’t want to get involved *because* it doesn’t align 100% with them, as if not being involved will make it align more with them. As a 24 year-old I had found myself in the room with a dozen other party members picking the district candidate for State House because the convention-picked Senate candidate dropped out and a shuffle ensued. Because I raised my hand and showed up. He eventually became majority leader.
Show threadpivotMay 18, 2025
@Lana every election needs to include the primaries. I'm tired of people bemoaning a flawed democratic candidate that they didn't even take the time to vote against in the primary.
Show threadanubis2814May 18, 2025
@pivot @Lana Seriously. support Working families party if you want real progressives to run in the primaries.
Show thread𝐿𝒢𝓃𝒢 "not yet begun to fight"May 18, 2025

@pivot the above advice goes double for primaries.

Vote for progressive candidates.
Every time.
Every election.

Then vote for the party that's most likely to elect progressive candidates.
Every time.
Every election.

Show threadCassandraVertMay 19, 2025
@Lana But it doesn't. If it did, we'd be in a better place. It aligns with the donors who provide the money that draws the voters. As long as voters are manipulated by campaign money, we won't convince politicians to take a stand for us.
Show thread𝐿𝒢𝓃𝒢 "not yet begun to fight"May 19, 2025

@CassandraVert

I'm convinced cynical self-fulfilling prophecies like this one are going to be the death of American Democracy. Whether it is true or untrue, spreading this is as good as disinformation.

If this is untrue, repeating it will make it true anyway.

If this is true, voting as if it isn't is the only way to make it untrue.

Show threadCassandraVertMay 19, 2025
@Lana
You can't fix a problem you don't know about or don't recognize. Other countries' voters see through right wing rhetoric, but Americans don't--and they have right wing media reinforcing it, which is another problem. Americans who are not lost to the cult of MAGA need to be prepared to throw off propaganda, understand who and why the propaganda is there, and understand how to vote to support their own happiness. And reps need to know they can count on votes when they do the right thing.