That the primary and general voter are two different people.
If young people want their candidates in place - they must register (in a closed primary state) as a Democratic Party Member, and if in an open primary state - simply vote in the Primary.
The General Election - anyone can vote for the candidates. I suspect that when their far Left Candidate loses - they sit out the GE and whine that he Primary was rigged. This 'rigged' language started in 2016 during the Democratic Primary and it has been assigned to our party ever since . . .
If the 25 year old goes up against a 35 year old and they lose - the young white male voter needs to swallow their pride and vote lockstep with the party.
Let me put it this way - It still sticks in my craw 25 years later that Bill Bradely lost the nomination to the incumbent VP.
I will go to my grave believing that in the case of the hanging chads - he would have fought til the end/never admitted defeat as Vice President Gore did.
But you know what? I knocked on doors for Gore in the GE.
I was in my early /mid 20's then.
Why are the younguns so special now that they don't understand that you win some and you lose some, but you never give up.
2004 I was Clarke or Edwards
2008 I was Biden then Edwards
2012 - Obama Obama Obama
2016 - O'Malley
2020 - Harris, Buttigieg - then Biden, Biden Biden stepped into th erace.
2024 - Harris Harris Harris.
In four of those elections my person didn't win.
But I went ovaries to the walls for the GE candidate. Quitters never win, and winners never quit.
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