It’s a matter of degree and the perfect is the enemy of the good.
Don’t vote or vote third party; and the state wide mandate guy imposes with little we can resist. As opposed to the delegator to the local government where we can resist with much more success. It makes a difference.
One is graded “F” One is graded “C.” The “C” is way better than the “F” and we can still keep trying for A and B candidates. I don’t want an F governor in the meantime. A “C” governor is way better.
Not really. Virginia turned into a nearly solid blue state precisely because of policies (immigration, bloated fedgov, etc.) supported by “C” grade GOPers. Youngkin is cut from that cloth to a “T”.
I get that. I really do. The problem is, we've been doing this for at least the 30 years I've been voting, and apparently longer, because I've had quite a few elders that were saying the things I'm saying to naive younger me, and I was saying the same as you. It just doesn't work. As long as that is how we roll when it comes to elections, we will always continue to get what we have now, and that is a piss poor excuse for a political party.