>You know what would wake up half the dems?
Yes, the Dems and Indies need to be educated that the Democrat leadership has selected which candidates should win in local races and don't care what voters in states think. They are trying to trick Indies into voting for their "moderate" choices who will support their far-left agenda.
The Dems have an inner war going on between the progressives and neo-liberals. Whenever there's a big upset election at the national level, their party typically runs further left candidates. When they lose a few cycles, they straighten out themselves and move back to being more moderate.
This time their leadership is trying to run shady hand-picked "moderates" who will support a far left agenda. We can't have that especially if they regain control of one or both houses.
If Dems and Indies are educated that the Dem leadership is continuing to rig local elections, enough will probably stay home or flip due to anger. The Reps appear to be self-purging while the Dems have not yet.