"Consistently voting Republican no matter what they do is about the best way to guarantee complete lack of influence. Politicians generally don't pay attention to voters whose votes are unconditional. They pay attention to voters whose votes are conditional."
The Republican party is simply a collection of people, change the people you change the party, that is what we mean by fighting.
Ronald Reagan and his supporters took over the Republican party, against the desires of the Rhinos.
The struggle is within the party, on a daily basis, not when you pull a lever every 2 or 4 years.
I'm not doubting that. But when it comes time to pull that lever, a decision has to be made. If you always pull it for the Republican, no matter what, then your ability of your vote to influence the Republicans diminishes to zero.
So by all means we should also do things other than voting, to influence the Republicans. But if those efforts don't come to fruition when election day comes around (which unfortunately is the case all too often), then there has to be one final stick to wield.
Yes you said "dominate" and "influence" - that is consistent pressure year round - not just pulling levers every two years.
Well said.