to be clear, low turnout benefits Democrats specifically in these special elections. high turnout is essential in November presidential/midterm elections to thwart GOP dominance. that's why Republicans will do anything to discourage you from voting.
this is so egregiously in bad faith it's disgusting. the difference between poor people voting against their very survival and rich people voting for higher taxes they can easily afford is a yawning chasm. wealthy liberals are voting FOR their economic interests because it's in everyone's best interest to transfer wealth from rich to poor in order for society to function and not devolve into fucking serfdom.
yeah but ONLY ONE SIDE OF THOSE ISSUES IS CORRECT, and conservatives vote on the wrong side of ALL of them. climate change is real. abortion is healthcare. guns are bad, education is good, immigration is what built this country, and Russia is the enemy. if conservatives are voting against their economic interests, they're also voting against reason on all those other issues.
McCarthy wasn't wrong. just because most Americans listen to racist dog whistles doesn't mean they're not racist dog whistles or that you have to campaign on them. nobody's telling voters to ignore social issues, we're telling the ones who are opposed to them that they're wrong. they're wrong to tell women what we can do with our bodies, what trans people can do with theirs, they're wrong to be anti-immigrant and pro-Russia. I'm not going to court bigots by telling them what they want to hear.
