vote Democrat, but don’t kid yourself. Vote because they are the least worst option.
Especially at the state level. I know not everywhere has it so good, but my city and state level democrats are for the most part pretty awesome. I have way more issues with my federal representatives, who are democrat, but the scummy corporate kind.
Local elections have reverberations and are one of the best ways to attempt to implement something other than first-past-the-post voting, like ranked choice. (This is not an endorsement of ranked choice specifically) Getting out of our current voting system setup is the first step to weakening both traditionally entrenched parties. Local democrats are way more likely to go for changing the voting system, while local republicans are more likely to… try to overrule the will of the people.