I get that you're mad at people who say both, which is understandable, but it's plain false to say that it's always both. I've seen many many many examples of people saying "always vote for the leftiest Dem candidate in the primary, & always vote for whoever is the Dem nominee in the general."
I mean, it's a lot of people's stance and it gets said a lot all the time—it has to, otherwise there's inevitably a reaction like "oh if you want a primary challenge then I bet you won't ever vote for a lesser evil in the general." Maybe Ben only counts people who literally used his exact words...??
Nope. I'm blue no matter who for every national or statewide election, but I'm primarying @markwarner.bsky.social next year for his Senate seat. Regardless of who wins the primary, the Democrat (hopefully me) gets my vote.
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The 50 state strategy is the best thing for democracy.
...but that might be seen as "rude", or "aggressive" or violate some unspoken norm / tradition.
Do you really think the DNC and State Parties (NY, CA, IL, ...) are ready and willing to do that?