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That's a great question and I point to the frequent comment we see around here, "Voting for a third party is throwing away your vote (or insuring that Republican­s win)".  

I've worked for decades to break the DLC's control of the Democratic Party because it's easier to work within the system (within the Democratic Party) than to convince 50 million voters individual­ly that the Democratic Party is controlled by the same ideologica­l mindset (plutocrat­s) as the Republican Party.  Trying to get citizens to mobilize within their local Democratic Party hasn't worked.  Out of about 300 million Americans, of whom about 250 million are eligible to vote (about 50 million are children), only about 100 million do.  Most of that 100 million are satisfied to vote every 2/4 years and get on with their lives, because they don't really see how what happens in Washington (or their state capitols) really affects their lives.   They only experience it in the form of taxes, and even then it's an abstractio­n.  

There comes a time when there's a tipping point.  When people get it, a lightbulb moment.  It happened in 2008 with Obama's candidacy, but unfortunat­ely he wasn't the one.  He wasn't what he portended to be, and the conditions that carried him into office have worsened.  

So I'm operating on several fronts.  One of them is hope that, perhaps, enough people become galvanized to work within the system, take back the Democratic Party from the DLC, and get real populist candidates and policies.  That's the quickest solution to the problems we're facing.  But in the absence of that happening and as an old, OLD liberal Democrat who has never voted for a Republican­, I can honestly say that I can't imagine ever voting for a Democrat again.

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