[JumpCrisscross]

> They win with 80+% margins

Yes. I’ve lived in these districts. They still don’t want a challenge.

> The party wants it this way and is actively hostile to any primary challenges

Of course. They’re hostile because they don’t like it. Not much of a threat if you’re going to do something they like.

> have better things to do with my time

Then say this. Of course civic engagement takes time and effort.

[adastra22]

Civic engagement when the deck is stacked that bad against you is just pissing your time away. We only have so much time in this earth to accomplish things.