Tuesday November 8, 2022 is Election Day in the United States of America. In addition to Congressional "midterms" at the federal level, many state governors and other more local offices are up for grabs. Given how things shook out over Election Day 2020, things could get a little crazy.
...or, perhaps, not! But here's the Megathread for if they do. Talk about your local concerns, your national predictions, your suspicions re: election fraud and interference, how you plan to vote, anything election related is welcome here. Culture War thread rules apply, with the addition of Small-Scale Questions and election-related "Bare Links" allowed in this thread only (unfortunately, there will not be a subthread repository due to current technical limitations).
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As disinclined as I am towards charity at the moment, I will note that the party isn't a monolith and I heard at least a few prominent lefty voices aggressively critiquing the practice on exactly those grounds. Ezra Klein went after them for this on his podcast repeatedly; whether he believes the whole "threat to democracy" thing or not, he was pretty consistent in articulating the positions one would if they were concerned about the integrity of the Republic going forward.
Additionally, I'll note that perverse incentives can result in people doing things that they personally believe are immoral. Imagine, for a moment, that you're personally concerned with Our Democracy(tm), but employed as a campaign manager for someone staring down a tough matchup with a moderate Republican. At a minimum, your incentives don't line up with your principles. On the flip side, it's trivial for me to imagine being in the same spot from the Republican side, considering either an avowed Marxist opponent or a middle-of-the-road Democrat that I'm more likely to lose to. I genuinely, sincerely hate Marxist positions and think they're incredibly dangerous, so I'd sooner have the moderate - even if I lose, it's really not so bad. This makes the shouting about "fascists" seem pretty insincere to me.
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