Why Liberals Should Vote Republican — Just Once

With lunatics running the Democrat asylum, this might be the only way to save the party.

Marc Weisman | May 30, 2026

Liberals and moderate Democrats should vote Republican — just once — and make clear exactly why they are doing it.

Not because they suddenly became conservatives.  Not because they joined MAGA.  Not because they abandoned long-held liberal beliefs on health care, abortion, climate change, or social programs.

They should do it as a statement that the Democrat party is no longer recognizable to many Americans who once formed its center-left backbone.

The goal is to save the Democrat party by empowering moderates who have been silenced or politically marginalized by an increasingly radical activist left that now defines far too much of the party’s moral and political identity.  Political parties reform after losses.

Many Americans believe that the Democrat party has become incapable of correcting itself internally because the people capable of restoring balance no longer appear to control the party.

Leftists with radical viewpoints no longer merely influence the Democrat party; in many areas, they define its moral and political boundaries.  Moderate Democrats still exist, but many now fear activist backlash, donor pressure, social media outrage, and primary challenges should they openly dissent from progressive orthodoxy.

Americans watched as “Defund the Police” moved from activist slogan to mainstream political discussion.  Riots were repeatedly described as “mostly peaceful.”  Masked demonstrators blocked highways, occupied campuses, vandalized businesses, intimidated opponents, and disrupted public life while political leaders often appeared reluctant to restore order decisively for fear of backlash from activist constituencies.

Many Democrat leaders now appear politically trapped by the very activist movements they once encouraged.

At the same time, basic border enforcement increasingly became treated as morally suspect.  Sanctuary policies expanded. Rhetoric minimizing illegal immigration entered mainstream........

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