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[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Conservatives and other center right types vote reliably. They also donate reliably. They also campaign and run for office. Often all of that is largely connected.

Lefties if they run, unfortunately tend to be in competing smaller parties. Many looking for a new purity test weekly to virtue signal and not vote over. (Slight exaggeration) And don't reliably donate or vote much. This isn't a defense of Democrats etc. Far from. Just pointing out that expecting them to cater to you for very little in return is not logical.

If you want them to court you and run candidates you'd like. You need to work to make yourself valuable to them. Show solidarity and compromise with other left leaning voters. Running candidates and collectively pushing issues through the party that you would like to see. Not screaming and calling them genocide lovers when they point out to you that the only realistic options are either Democrats or Republicans and both unfortunately mean some level of genocide.