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CMV: The Policy, "Vote Blue no Matter who" is the only Way to disable the Trump presidency and get a handle on the executive branch.

Its looking more and more like Bernie Sanders is not going to win the Democratic nomination. He still has a chance, but his window is quickly closing. A lot of people are already coming out of the woodwork talking about voting third party or staying home. That's fine. That's your right. But, you have to understand that in doing so you are killing any chance for progressive policy to come through the White House. And yes there is plenty of progressive policy to be had with Joe Biden. At the end of the day we live in a country with a 2 party system. You have two viable options for president: no more, no less. 

Now for a series of really easy to answer questions.

Who do you think will be better for the environment? Scott Pruitt or whoever Biden selects to be the head of the EPA?

Who do you think will be better for public education? Betsy DeVos or whoever Biden selects to be the head of the Department of Education?

Who do you think will be better for the courts? The next justice selected by Trump or whoever Biden selects for the federal courts or supreme court?

Who is more likely to rubber stamp a Medicare for All or Green New Deal bill that makes it through congress? Trump or Biden?

Voting for president is about a lot more than the just the president. It is about selecting a presidency. I want to select a presidency that cares about public education, the environment, healthcare and justice. By voting third party and choosing to not vote, you are enabling the opposite kind of presidency. You are enabling Trump and everything he stands for.
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> But, you have to understand that in doing so you are killing any chance for progressive policy to come through the White House. And yes there is plenty of progressive policy to be had with Joe Biden. At the end of the day we live in a country with a 2 party system. You have two viable options for president: no more, no less. 

This is a very short-term view. You may get a chance for progressive policy under Biden, but you lose out on any long-term progressive shift. The US is set up such that the (inevitably rich) people in power benefit more from right-wing policies. The only counterbalance to that for the DNC is the fact that you need to be in power to benefit, which forces them to balance their self-interest with the progressiveness that is in the best interests of the populace. 

Not voting at all demonstrates clearly to the party leadership that the DNC cannot hope to win by merely being better than the GOP, and therefore brings about a progressive shift in the party over a longer term than simply one election. On the other hand, by stating that you will "Vote Blue no Matter who", you're explicitly acknowledging that whoever the DNC puts up is fine as long as they are more progressive *than the right*, which is distinctively different from doing the same as long as they are progressive full stop. 

Therefore, while voting blue can hope to disable the Trump presidency, it would only serve to loosen your hold on the executive branch, since your willingness to compromise is a weakness that they absolutely will exploit.