Even if your policy views are correct, having friends on the other side of the aisle will do wonders for your predictive abilities, which should influence how you vote in party primaries where electability is at issue. I’m a staunch Democrat currently living in a similarly liberal area but born and raised in a much more conservative area. I was always more bullish on Trump’s odds than my friends here, and every time I hear them say they can’t understand how he got elected or how he’s still popular with the base, I wonder what other easily avoidable mistakes they’re currently making. And there’s no special magic in my improved predictive ability; I just talk to my grandma regularly.
Even if your policy views are correct, having friends on the other side of the aisle will do wonders for your predictive abilities, which should influence how you vote in party primaries where electability is at issue. I’m a staunch Democrat currently living in a similarly liberal area but born and raised in a much more conservative area. I was always more bullish on Trump’s odds than my friends here, and every time I hear them say they can’t understand how he got elected or how he’s still popular with the base, I wonder what other easily avoidable mistakes they’re currently making. And there’s no special magic in my improved predictive ability; I just talk to my grandma regularly.