Sigh, I figure it's about the same reason polling in Virginia is like pulling teeth.
Once you get away from the I95/I64 corridors there's a lot of independent thought and with no party affiliation required to vote in a primary so real right-leaners seldom get good hopefuls to get behind.
I've never voted for my gop congress-critter as it was just one lawyer (professional liar) in the pocket of Tyson replaced with another lawyer in the pocket of Tyson.....I don't vote for lawyers.
In case you missed it somewhere between me saying it for the first or the 500th time --
dimocrap scum politicians, and people like them, have been around since the beginning of civilization itself. They're just opportunistic, manipulators, carrion-feeders and Rats.
All they do is take advantage. It is the VOTERS who are the real scum in all this. Your neighbor, your co-worker, the bartender, your barber, my Aunt Tilly, the guys you play B-Ball with at the YMCA........
If you (I use the word 'you' as a general form of address, not aimed at you personally) want to change the direction this Country is going in, stop worrying about things you CAN'T Control and start worrying about the things you can.
I booted my Sister-in-Law and my DiL from the House for their bullshit, leftist attitudes. I told them that if I wanted to listen to The View, I'd buy a box of BonBons and a quart of Chablis. I also refuse to communicate with other relatives, former friends, etc. I don't argue and fight with them, I just ghost them.
I won't put up with it. You're a leftist? That is your perogative but what people forget is -- It is also my perogative to ignore you, to shun you, and to not associate with you.
So I don't. And they know why.
Besides, and I'm being real blunt here, it is to your advantage to shun and ignore these people. They are self-destructive and they are stupid. They are disloyal, dishonest, unscrupulous and untrustworthy. Sure they're fun at parties, many of them have good personalities but they almost uniformly lack character.
Take action, don't sit there and ***** like a little girl. If it means pissing off your wife's friend, so be it. I am the master of my own fate. I choose who I will associate with. It's my life and there is no room for scum of the Earth dimocrap FILTH in it