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The Way Forward

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8. Some of it could be fear of targeting

Reply to somsai (Original post)

Wed Aug 20, 2025, 09:10 AM

Aug 20

Or desire for any sense of protection. DOGE has voter rolls, most likely. Don’t think they won’t use that information to single people out for persecution and intimidation.
I also used to be registered as a Republican to vote for moderate Rs in the primary elections. My district is reliably red so it is nice to call my Republican representatives and say “I’m a registered Republican and I want ………(whatever)”.
I always voted Democratic though. The same could be true of people who switch to Independent- they might still vote for progressive candidates.

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We are losing Democratic Registrations [View all] somsai Aug 20 OP

This was also posted in GD JustAnotherGen Aug 20 #1

Agreed.................... Lovie777 Aug 20 #2

These articles don't say a damn thing JustAnotherGen Aug 20 #4

It would be silly for us to ignore this. But I'd be interested to know what has happened Scrivener7 Aug 20 #3

Racism and Sexism in our own party JustAnotherGen Aug 20 #6

Yes, we do. But whenever it is suggested that there's room for our party to improve its message, Scrivener7 Aug 20 #9

The Karine Jean-Pierre JustAnotherGen Aug 20 #11

Anecdotally Asians I've talked to, and I talk to many somsai Aug 20 #10

My theory... NCDem47 Aug 20 #5

I think that's JustAnotherGen Aug 20 #7

In my red county mcar Aug 21 #16

Some of it could be fear of targeting biophile Aug 20 #8

It's not just the Dem party. There is a HUGE amount of distrust against status quo politicians on both sides Cheezoholic Aug 20 #12

Yes, but this says republiQan registrations are up. We need to counter that if it is not true, or address it if it is. Scrivener7 Aug 20 #13

Trump IS hurting corporate America economically somsai Aug 20 #14

My 0.000000002 PBC_Democrat Aug 20 #15

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