>>>smerel, I’m voting Democratic since my main issue right now is preservation of Democracy.
If you truly believe that you need to vote Democratic to preserve it is time for you to drinking the kool-aid.
One of my many issues with the Democratic party is that they are trying to hard to “other” Republicans that they are risking major danger
. When Biden and co say stupid proactive things like “MAGA is the ‘most extreme political organization’ in recent U.S. history” it is far more likely to marginalize and raise extremism among that group than moderate it or cause it to disappear. For a few votes from people who think like you he is willing to risk
(1)creating a self fulfilling prophecy
(2)creating very fertile grounds for dangerous demagogues on either side to step in and cause havoc.
This is aside for the general issues like the Democratic party used to be the party of tolerance and acceptance. Now it is the party of hate