Zach Shrewsbury faces an improbable task to replace the conservative Democrat in the face of a Republican onslaught – but he won’t be put off

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    8 months ago

    Sure but you don’t need to be a socialist to support unions. There’s no reason to ever run a socialist in fucking WV lol

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      8 months ago

      Well I think they have pretty low voter turnout, likely because there are no interesting candidates. When they democrats are running Manchin, it’s pretty disappointing. A socialist might actually get people out to vote.

      That said, my family is from West Virginia. Despite the state being pretty much saved by unions, most of them are even anti-union without open socialism. I don’t know any younger people there though, so who knows…

      I don’t think it’s a bad idea to test it out to find out in the primaries. Worst case, he fails and is forgotten about. Nothing lost. Best case, he motivates more progressive voters to actually participate because there’s something meaningful to vote on.

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        8 months ago

        Nothing lost.

        You mean except a Senate seat? Dems currently hold that seat and have a razor thin senate majority

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          8 months ago

          Him running in the primaries will not cost them the senate seat. Either he’s successful in the primaries, and then I assume he’s got enough enthusiastic support to potentially win, or he loses the primary and someone else runs.