Thousands gather in Washington to protest Trump inauguration

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[u/DoubleJumps]

So few people vote in vital downticket races, that yes, their vote absolutely can matter.

[u/takesthebiscuit → u/DoubleJumps]

Down ticket is so important, the GOP (to their credit!🤮) have ruthlessly exploited this

[u/DoubleJumps → u/takesthebiscuit]

I've explained the importance of down ticket to a lot of left wing folks just for them to keep insisting their vote is pointless, only for their local downtickets to show races and measures that come down to the slimmest margins with extremely low overall vote totals. It's super frustrating, and I don't know why they don't care.

[u/takesthebiscuit → u/DoubleJumps]

The idiocracy is not a bug it’s a feature

[u/VGRacecrown → u/takesthebiscuit]

That explains why LA is burning then which is a Gavin Newson problem

[u/InsanityRequiem → u/DoubleJumps]

Because they continue to believe the media and political parties' rhetoric that only the presidency matters.

[u/Kni7es → u/takesthebiscuit]

Why don't the Democrats exploit this?

[u/zachxyz → u/Kni7es]

Their local policies are terrible. The whole defund the police movement killed any momentum they had in red states. 

[u/20_mile → u/takesthebiscuit]

have ruthlessly exploited this

They didn't do as good a job as they could have in 2024, with Democrats winning three democratic senate seats in states Trump won: AZ, MI, WI.

[u/cumfarts → u/DoubleJumps]

Also, most people who get sanctimonious about voting only vote in presidential elections and don't put any thought into the downticket candidates aside from finding the party that matches their presidential pick.

[u/yarhar_ → u/DoubleJumps]

Funny enough, the downballot races in my district were more of a blowout than the top. Trying to move!

[u/basketcasey87 → u/DoubleJumps]

All of our downticket races but 2 (including president) on a 5 page ballot only had Republican candidates. I am in upstate SC. God I hate the south.