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I think if Shrewsbury gets people out to vote, he has a chance. WV has low voter turnout, maybe its electorate could mobilize for a socialist.
I highly highly doubt it, but sure, he is precisely the type of candidate that should be running instead of Manchins.
Yeah don't use the S-word, but lean hard into workers reform, pro-union, safety nets, etc.
Basically run on those ideals but don't use that term.
Yep people love socialism it's the word that turns them off. It's unfortunate because it the years of propaganda that as mad socialism a bad word when socialism in practice is great.
Unions and safety nets are not socialism.
depending on the definition you're using everything is socialism.
They are not socialism necessarily, but they are a step towards worker equality and worker's rights.
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
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.
You mean except a Senate seat? Dems currently hold that seat and have a razor thin senate majority
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.