That is not our party's base. Our party's base is made up of people who go to the polls eagerly and vote in every election.

I don't want to "young sham", but some of them don't vote as much as they should.

It's that simple. If they want to be considered as part of that base, they need to vote in every election. That's how it works.

I try to encourage their vote every election year. And every time, I end up being disappointed. "I was going to vote, but I forgot." "I couldn't vote, because I was on a road trip." "I didn't vote, because I didn't love the candidate who was the nominee."

I just read the following just prior to reading your response. Base smase, I personally don't think we have much of a base. I am a Yellow Dawg democrat, we are few and far between. I suppose I am part of the base and it is way too small to be a good foundation.

https://www.quora.com/Will-Democrats-be-smart-enough-to-nominate-a-Gabbard-Yang-ticket-in-2020/answer/Patrick-ONeill-45?__filter__=&__nsrc__=2&__sncid__=3363673048&__snid3__=5516160730

even if it's only to keep a Republican from winning. We have two political parties. Someone from one of them wins almost every election in this country. That's not going to change, so not voting for a Democrat because he or she isn't "progressive" enough adds a vote for the Republican, who is never "progressive" at all.

As soon as the base grows through addition of those voters, candidates will start paying attention to those voters. As it is now, they get ignored because they don't bother to vote.

It's a simple equation, really.