Before You Tell Me Who to Vote for in My State of Minnesota

[Ocelot II]

4. I respectfully disagree in this regard: We can and should, if possible, contribute to the campaigns

of candidates in red states where the Democrat is an underfunded underdog, in order to help ensure that Democrats get or hold a majority in one or both houses. As far as which Democrat is chosen at the state level, that's a matter for the state's voters to choose, based in part on local considerations that non-residents might not know about or understand. For example, while Peggy Flanagan is a strong candidate to win the Minnesota Senate seat she wouldn't have a snowball's chance in Hell if she were running in Texas - but it looks like James Talarico could pull it off. Some think Graham Platner is a problematic candidate in Maine, but the Democrats chose him and his opponent is Susan Collins, so the voters in that state are going to have to decide which of two imperfect candidates they prefer. All politics really is local.