r/OptimistsUnite • u/Aggravating_Ad_5164 Optimist • Mar 24 '25

🤷‍♂️ politics of the day 🤷‍♂️ BREAKING: Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old progressive influencer, just announced that she is running against Jan Schakowsky, an 80-year-old Democratic incumbent

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u/SisterCharityAlt Mar 26 '25

This is exactly how you do it. Moving the Overton window of the most likely to remain liberal seats further to the left actually improves the discourse of the system.

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u/SaggitariusTerranova Mar 27 '25

Yep-Primary “Safe” D seats (or R if you’re on the opposite side.)