" #Democrats deliver ‘stunning’ flip in New Hampshire special election, latest in series of 28 upsets"

[macacator@mastodon.social]

@benroyce @BuckRogers1965 @andrew @davoyager people like that speak from privilege because in some way, shape or form, it's not happening to them, so it's OK.

[jestbill@mastodon.world]

@andrew @benroyce @davoyager Youngest millenial is now about 30.
Nobody (as a "generation") votes before age 30.
You may be a little late, but not so much.
You are in the same place as Boomers in 1994.

[em_and_future_cats@mastodon.social]

@benroyce on everything you just said
Now I have to go get my registration adjusted so I can do the primaries
(I still have time, but I need to keep myself on track besides doing everything else in my daily life )

[andrew@mastodon.furrow.me]

@macacator @benroyce @BuckRogers1965 @davoyager you mean getting drowned by bot slop and not getting pissed at it? It’s certainly an ivory tower kinda vibe but @benroyce just seems passionate.

The only bot posts I want to see are constant calls to action, reminders about voting + registration deadlines & helpful links! Also cats.

Fortunately ActivityPub protocol makes it easy to opt out. Bots here have to pick their battles and manage post frequency carefully people will just block|defederate.

[keithwm@mastodon.social]

@benroyce Perfect is the enemy of good.

[buckrogers1965@techhub.social]

@andrew @macacator @benroyce @davoyager

rail rail against the rising of the tide!

[macacator@mastodon.social]

@andrew @benroyce @BuckRogers1965 @davoyager yes, calls to action, even small ones, should be spammed. Reminders to go out and vote should be spammed. Reminders to train, stock up, stay informed, community driven tactics should be spammed.

[davoyager@mastodon.social]

@benroyce There are very few bots o this platform especially compared to Threads, bluesky and of course X

[linkerman@mastodon.social]

@andrew @benroyce @davoyager

Because that's how it works the ppl "in true power" will stop any change as much as possible .. I blame the family that started this shit in late 1700's the du pont family specifically

[davoyager@mastodon.social]

@andrew @benroyce All politics are local. If there's nobody local you can't carpetbag someone in and expect to win. Recruiting good candidates is hard

[miss_rodent@girlcock.club]

@benroyce As a note - "Vote in the primaries" is harder in some states than others.
If you are registered independent, and try to change parties to democrat in NY right now (after Feb 14th), you won't be able to vote in this round of primaries - your party change won't happen until june 30. And if you're not registered as a democrat, you can not vote in the dem primary (closed primaries).
So - worth checking how your local elections handle that sooner than later.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@miss_rodent

thank you!

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@davoyager @andrew

so run

not joking

(assuming you have the bandwidth)

[miss_rodent@girlcock.club]

@benroyce No problem. The rules around primaries in this country (and even just here in NY) are an aggressively anti-democratic mess, in a lot of places.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@linkerman @andrew @davoyager

but the point is to fix it

not accept it

right?

i always worry about comments like yours because i read them and then i think

"and?"

"and therefore we are doomed"

or

"and therefore get mad and vote"?

[bbuck@mastodon.social]

@miss_rodent @benroyce
It’s much easier when you know to vote Democrat for life. There was never a time that switching to Red made sense to me at all.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@davoyager

just the other day i ran into a comment with pro-ukraine symbols on the account, that proceeded to complain ukraine has no real freedom. i looked in its history and it bashed elon musk right after musk made starlink unavailable to russians on the front line (i mean fuck elon musk, but interesting timing no?)

once a week i encounter these mindless comments trying to sell hopelessness about voting

i doubt you

i think there's bots absolutely everywhere

including on mastodon

[fathermcgruder@jorts.horse]

@benroyce Hopefully the Democrats have learned a lesson from 2024 and stop running lite republicans. They're entitled morons if they expect people who don't like genocide to vote blue no matter who. #uspol

[cmthiede@social.vivaldi.net]

@miss_rodent @benroyce in WI you have to choose a team going in, regardless of registration. So, one can either vote for their preferred party candidate or choose a spoiler for the opposite team.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@miss_rodent

yup (i'm near rochester ny)

and we fix it, by showing up, and iterating

we just have to remind people: they have to fucking show up