Why I’m voting Giant Meteor
I’ve been voting for the “lesser of two evils” since turning 18. As a progressive, that has meant supporting candidates I found marginally less awful than their opponents.
I rarely questioned the fiction of the Democrats’ “big tent” until the 2016 presidential primary, when six of our eight superdelegates, including the Shaheens, Hassan, and Kuster, backed Clinton over Sanders, outweighing 63,696 primary votes. This made it clear that the establishment welcomed progressives into its big tent, but not as its leaders. I realized the establishment wanted progressive votes, not progressive voices.
Yet I still voted blue. I believed if progressives could win primaries, the establishment would support them.
This election cycle has proved me wrong. Schumer and Gillibrand didn’t endorse Mamdani. Governor Mills didn’t endorse Jackson. Fetterman has disparaged progressives as the “dirtbag left” and anti-American, demonizing millions who believe healthcare is a right and who oppose genocide and land theft. And days before the election, Michigan Senate primary loser Stevens has jumped back into the fray, not to help El-Sayed, her party’s nominee, but to attack his positions on Israel.
I had intended to vote for Pappas, despite my reservations about his positions. Now, I will vote for Giant Meteor. I will continue to vote Giant Meteor until “vote blue no matter who” applies to everyone.
I’m not interested in saving democracy from fascism just to hand it over to an oligarchy.