I would also add that the "vote Democrat or else" line of argument only works for so long. Democrats obviously aren't going to win every single election until the end of time. So if you continually position them losing the Presidency as the end of democracy in the US, then that just makes it an inevitability which breeds apathy.
Look at reproductive rights for instance. People will fight for that, but if voting Democrat doesn't actually accomplish anything that won't just be overturned when the Republicans get into power, what are people fighting for? At best you're just delaying the inevitable, which means people who aren't particularly enthusiastic for Biden will probably just stay home.
Sure if you dig down you can say that long-term change requires the courts and voting Democrat will lead to more progressive courts. But the average voter really doesn't think in those terms. And even if they do, recent history doesn't really bear that out. Republicans have only held the Presidency for 12 of the last 32 years, but they've named 6 of the 9 Supreme Court justices.
|