For me, its been issue campaigns more than candidates.
I am active in the
DC voting rights campaign (we might actually win this year!)
But we do have to keep our eyes on the wacktivists who, every year, want to reenact the Boston Tea Party in the Potomac River to the extreme.
In my younger days, I guess I was the wacktivist.
The most extreme being an anti-apartheid campaign where a small group of us blocked the South African embassy. We were shocked when Arthur Ashe showed up and got arrested with us.
I can confess now that although I supported the cause, I became a wacktivist to get in the pants of the hot red head who organized the blockade.
Never did get in her pants, but got community service instead.