Comment by davidw

> Did democrats offer primaries in the last elections?

Uh, yeah? I voted for Biden/Harris.

And in any case, focusing almost exclusively on one race is part of the problem. Where I live, we also had a Dem primary for the house district, and a more electable candidate won - and then went on to win in the general. It was one of the very few red->blue flips in 2024.

Our former congresswoman, incidentally:

https://newrepublic.com/post/207234/trump-labor-secretary-ch...

Then there are all the races for school boards, city council, county commission and all those things that provide the base and the bench to build off of.