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Why cant he? Why is Biden doing better not an option?
It's a matter of using executive authority, not feats of strength - He can, but there's little to nothing in his track record that indicates he will. That's why he (and the party broadly) needs to be pushed to do better or replaced with someone that will.
Don't forget it was you saying we aren't allowed to ask for more.
How do we replace them if we must vote for them every time?
Can you point to any examples of withholding votes being effective rather than simply empowering the greater evil?
The Primary system is wholly undemocratic. Due to our staggered primaries, you don't actually get to vote unless you live in a state that is early on the calendar.
I unfortunately live in West Virginia, which means every single time the early progressive candidates have already dropped out.
I literally never get to vote for my progressive candidate in the primary.
Add on top of that, the fact that the DNC actually awards delegates, not states. For example, if you look at New Hampshire this year, Joe Biden wasn't even technically on the ballot. They had to write him in. This came from the fact that he refused to put himself on the ballot because there were disagreements as to which state should be first in the primary cycle.
The DNC instead decided that all delegates would be awarded to Joe Biden regardless, and that the primary wouldn't instead be performative.
...and some people are too poor to donate, others are felons disqualified from voting, others have crippling social anxiety that prevents them from phone banking - what point are you trying to make? You do what you can within the bounds of your ability and means - you don't shrug your shoulders and hand power to the worst option because the less bad option isn't up to your standard.