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Run for Something co-founder: ‘Democrats’ reliance on seniority is our downfall’ (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] dhork@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The difference is that there are only so many of these elected political jobs. The only way for younger people to get direct experience is to run for them. And particularly for Congress, where there are only 435 seats nationwide and their districts were likely drawn to favor one party or another -- in many districts, the primary is the election.

Yes, these people are advocating for the older generation to step aside. But even if they don't, they are advocating that a healthy party should have meaningful primaries for every position, and have every incumbent (including those older politicians) actively defend their seats if they want to keep them. I bet that if an older politician is with it enough to win a contested primary, even these folks would support them in the general election. (Plus, that losing candidate would have had experience running that contested election, so they can do better next time.)

[-] TheFogan@programming.dev 12 points 2 months ago

Bottom line, it's basically the exact same intentional misinterpretation that the right does with DEI.

IE what DEI actually calls for: Look for candidates everywhere, give a shot to them all regardless of race or background.

What they act like it is: "You have to pick the minority candidate no matter how underqualified he/she is".

Same concept as the left wants for our candidates. What we want isn't an auto force out the old guys... we want actual fair competitions that picks candidates by their actual abilities and skills, rather than just the assumption that the person who's had that seat for 30 years, should keep it over a new person that wants the job.

[-] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 months ago

Who did you vote for in the primary?

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