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Good luck winning without 2/3 of the base.

Your threat is not only hollow, it's mathematically incorrect.

The "base" is about 2/3rds of the electorate, but it's evenly split.

You can't get all of the "Base" from either primary party. Not possible. At best you'll get half.

So that's 1/6th of the electorate.

But to get that 1/6th, you will piss off and lose EVERY ONE of the other 1/3rd. That is, for every vote you get, you lose two.

That's a guaranteed loss, and what's worse is that the guy who you most-closely agrees with loses too.

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