If you boycott Maine lobsters, all the welfare recipients and government parasites in the state will see the error of their ways and vote for conservatives.
Limited government is the only thing these parasites do fear.
The parasites are irrelevant.
Money talks. The moneyed job producers must apply the pressure. The collective lobster/fisheries/tourist industry is moneyed power. If their ox is gored, there might be change.
The parasites need to lose control.