Will you support the 2016 Democratic candidate, even if it's someone you don't like?

[Wella]

I know I will. I want to see a good primary season with some real debate, but in the end, I'm voting for anyone with a (D) after their name. The stakes are just too high this time. For women. For healthcare. For the planet.

[NutmegYankee]

1. I'm a big D Democrat. I would clearly support our 2016 candidate.

And given the bat shit insanity of the opposing side, that won't change anytime soon.

[Kalidurga]

2. Yes of course

Even though a better strategy would be to let Republicans win so they can keep making enemies which they are very good at these days. But, I can see the damage they can do in a very short time and it is not pretty and there are real lives at stake. Either way, I think they are on life support and after this election they will likely flat line.

[liberal_at_heart]

3. I would probably support a socialist democrat as long as their voting record

showed that they did indeed fight for the people. I will not vote for a democrat that supports corporations at the expense of the people.

[scarletwoman]

4. I'm not going to start worrying about 2016 until after we've had the 2014 midterm elections.

So, no thank you, I'm not signing on for any 2016 loyalty oaths at this time.

[Mister Nightowl]

5. Of course

D>R at all times.

[denbot]

6. Absolutely

The only possible way I would not support a Democratic nominee, is if a more viable progressive candidate ran as a third party, and only if that "D" candidate was still pulling more votes than the conservative.

That situation will not happen in my, or probably anyone's life time.

[liberal_at_heart]

9. If the young people take to social media it could very well happen in our lifetime.

My daughter says Sanders name comes up often on Reddit. God I hope someone comes along who can stick a thumb in the establishment's eye. I have been running around for the last month stocking up on groceries, space heaters, and sweaters trying to get ready for winter. I'm exhausted and scared.

[WhiteAndNerdy]

7. I don't feel I have a choice.

Another Republican president has to be avoided at all costs for the sake of the greater good. There are very few reasons I would refuse to support a Democratic nominee, and none of them are likely to come about.

[JayhawkSD]

8. No. nt

[ZombieHorde]

10. I live in a red state (Montana) so my electoral vote will go to the Republican candidate.

Any threat I make to with hold my vote would be shallow. Likewise, any promise I make for my vote is shallow. My other votes matter (I hope), so I will definitely show up and vote.

I know changing the Electoral College would be obnoxious, bureaucratically speaking, but I do wish my Presidential counted as a vote. Presidents are largely decided by purple states. Maybe liberals in red states should move to purple states. Hmmm...that would be interesting.

If you live in a purple state, please keep Republicans out of the White House. I would really appreciate that.

[LuvNewcastle]

20. My vote has always been irrelevant in the red state where I live and I'm tired of it.

The electoral college needs to be abolished. It's wrong that most states get ignored during the general election in favor of a handful of key races. It depresses voter turnout because a large percentage of voters feel like their votes don't count. It's just another anti-democratic relic that needs to be done away with.

[2naSalit]

65. That's pretty much

how it appears from my little corner of MT too.

[Iggo]

11. I'll VOTE for the dem nominee.

I SUPPORT no one.

[MADem]

12. Certainly.

The worst Dem is better than the best Republican.

It's all about the SCOTUS.

[irisblue]

14. ^^this^^

[Wella]

71. SCOTUS. YES!

Excellent point. Ruth Bader Ginsberg might need to be replaced by the next President.

[daleanime]

13. Will you allow an open primary?

With a large pool of candidates?

[pnwmom]

15. "Allow"? No one can stop one, if candidates decide to run. n/t

[davidpdx]

29. Of course no one can stop someone from running

But they CAN do everything in their power to contain candidates and make sure that their campaign goes no where. Frankly I don't see a 2008 type finish happening this time around. I think we are going to be force fed the candidate the party wants.

[pnwmom]

48. The question was "will you allow an open primary?" How could the DUer stop one?

[davidpdx]

68. I see

[joshcryer]

96. The platform requires it.

Anyone can do an upset.

[daleanime]

108. Then I guess I'm allowed....

to vote for whom ever I want to.

[quakerboy]

16. Define support

I will almost certainly be voting for a Democrat. Dunno which one, though. I haven't missed an election yet, and I certainly wont be voting for a Republican, that much I can say with absolute certainty.

[Iggo]

49. They never do.

I assume they mean it in the same way that one supports, or roots for, a sportsball team.

[Wella]

86. Don't speak for others until you know what they are actually thinking.

[Iggo]

89. I don't.

[Wella]

98. You did.

[Iggo]

100. I made a guess. I spoke for no one but myself.

[Wella]

110. No. You spoke for me.

[Wella]

72. Vote for. Perhaps work for their campaign.

.

[freshwest]

17. Yes, and I want a HARD debate. I want the issues out there for all to see.

Sanders said on MTP that he may run as a Dem in order to get the advantage of the organization to get his message out.

If he doesn't he will be like all the rest of the third party candidates, trolling the Democrats, because the GOP sure won't send any votes to an avowed Socialist, and neither will Libertarians.

The 2014 and 2016 elections are too important to fool around, those who do, I can no longer call my political allies. Because we have seen what the GOP juggernaut did with that attitude in 2010 and their plans are worse for 2014.

They already announced them, and they will be the end of what some argue about now. So I want a debate and for all of America that cares, to be listening.

My primary vote will depend on what I hear in those debates. After that, I expect some unity, and some agreements on policy to take place. Then I'll vote Dem.

But it won't be with the same feeling that I have had for Obama. We have not seen his caliber in many years, and will not see it again.

[JustAnotherGen]

33. +1

And we really don't know the field of candidates yet.

I'm not giving Clinton, Warren, or Sanders anything on a silver platter.

I need to see the debates first - and then let's see who rises to the top. That said, I don't think the Republican candidate is going to be a conductor on the crazy train. The money people on the right have a lot of useful idiots. And I think they realize they made a huge mistake last time around. More so than in 2008 - that loss lays solely on the shoulders of McCain.


2012 - they had a Candidate with zero foreign policy experience. Business is not the same as social constructs abroad. I think their guy is going to have both along with a political Executive leadership position. That's the guy I just gave $10 to so I can be in the loop on all of their mailings - I also gave $25 to a bipartisan PAC he belongs to.

Our candidate has to be able to beat that guy - and I don't believe any of the people at the top of my post can.

[gordianot]

18. Yes

[Marr]

19. Liberals almost always do. It's the Blue Dog/Third Way types who abandon the party when

the candidate isn't far enough to the right. There have been several incidents in recent years of them actively working against Democratic candidates in the general election. With a few rare (and now ancient) exceptions, liberals are the voters you can actually count on to show up.

[TeamPooka]

21. Yes. In my Democratic Party the winner takes all because the alternative of a republican Pres is too

horrible to allow.
Especially after the last one.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

22. I will vote for the most progressive, anti-war, candidate on the ballot.

If there isn't one, I'll write one in.

[Kablooie]

23. If I like the Republican candidate better I'll support him.

Of course the chances of that are kind of in the negative infinity realm.

But I will vote for whoever I think will the better candidate.
I won't limit myself to the D label just for its own sake.

[C Moon]

24. No. I'm voting for Romney this time. ...GOD THAT WAS PAINFUL TO SAY—even as a joke!

[Whiskeytide]

55. Hmmmm...

Voting for Romney in the primary?? That might not be a bad strategy for a Dem win in the general!!!

(I'm kidding. I'm kidding.... But...)

[MrModerate]

25. The likelihood that *anyone* on the R side . . .

Could be worse than the worst Democrat (Mary Landrieu, f'rinstance) is microscopically small.

So yes, I'll be supporting the 2016 Democratic candidate.

[Skittles]

26. been doing that for a long time

[barbtries]

27. yes.

[cali]

28. I will not vote for Hillary Clinton

if she's the nominee. Yes, I have the luxury of making that choice. I live in Vermont.

[peacebird]

76. What cali said...

[Man from Pickens]

105. Same

for a similar reason - I live in South Carolina, which will never go Democratic in my lifetime

[davidpdx]

107. I wish I did

I'm from Oregon and most likely it will go blue. I personally have my reservations if she is the nominee. I'm hoping that's not the case.

[TexasProgresive]

30. Absolutely

[DrDan]

31. "anyone"??? really?

No way I could cast my vote for Blagoevich, Weiner, Marion Barry and the like.

[eridani]

32. Of course n/t

[99Forever]

34. I will vote my conscience. n/t

[H2O Man]

57. "

[840high]

60. ...^ that

[Pastiche423]

88. Ditto

[avebury]

35. I will even if I have to hold my nose if I am not crazy

about the pick, the alternative could be a whole lot worse. Everyone knows it will all be about SCOTUS but unless the Dems keep a decent hold on the Senate, just getting a Dem in the WH may not be sufficient to get any decent SC nominees passed the Senate.

[Android3.14]

36. Is blind loyalty the way to choose democratic leadership?

Come on, Wella, you should know better than that.
Or is this one of those "still beating your wife" questions?

[tblue37]

37. Absolutely! The USSC is in the balance! nt

[demwing]

38. Do you think anyone here will answer "NO"?

even if thats what they believe?

Your thread is a bit of a purity test, isn't it?

[madokie]

39. If you don't you don't belong on this board

pretty damn simple if you ask me
I'd vote for a turtle or a rat before I'd not vote for the Democratic Candidate.

[demwing]

40. And thats the point of the thread

to make people who prefer to vote the issues feel as is they don't belong.

Purity tests at DU are as old as DU itself...

[madokie]

42. Let me see

its glasses then a cup of coffee first things in the morning. LOL

in reference to your obvious not being fully awake yet evidenced by your spelling
Anyways have a great day
when you are as old as I am all days are good

[demwing]

45. That's your response?

Tease me about my spelling?

First, my edit was more a typing problem than spelling problem. Second, what do either have to do with my point?

[madokie]

47. sorry

I was shooting for a laugh but missed the target, my bad

[Scuba]

41. How about if Mike Huckabee declares as a Democrat and is "our" candidate? Will you vote for him?

How about a long-time Democrat who espouses policies very similar to Huckabee's?


For me, it's about policy, not the little letter after the name.

[JoePhilly]

81. What if Spartacus had an aircraft carrier?

Huckabee could never win a Democratic Primary.

And if you are suggesting (subtly) that Hillary is like Huckabee, you are a crazy person.

[Feral Child]

43. Yes

[NightWatcher]

44. Derp, of course. "Supreme Court" mean anything?

I don't care if a dino gets the nom, we have to have a D picking the next 2 or more justices and we have to have D's in the Senate to confirm them.

[Dawgs]

46. No. I stopped supporting labels a long time ago.

And why do assume that the candidate with a D next to their name will definitely support women, healthcare or the planet?

[R.Quinn]

50. Couldn't agree more.

I applaud you and some of the others on this thread who will vote for policy, not party.

[redstatebluegirl]

51. Yes, I wouldn't like it but I would.

I am supporting the Democratic candidates in Oklahoma even though I disagree with almost all of them. They are more conservative than I can stand (the candidate for governor has an A+ rating from the NRA), in most parts of the country they would be conservative Republicans, but...still better than what we have now.

[BKH70041]

52. Whoever it is will have the stamp of approval of big money donors...

... and party leaders or they won't get the nominee. Know it. Accept it.

Just vote for the (D) candidate. That's really the only topic on this board that the members need to accede. All the other discussions are fluff.

[NCTraveler]

53. Not sure.

Have to wait for the ticket.

[lpbk2713]

54. Not voting at all amounts to a vote for the other side.

And I can't have that. I've voted for every Dem Presidential nominee since JFK.

[jwirr]

56. Yes, basically because the other choice right now would be much worse. At this point we do not have

a third party candidate.

[alarimer]

58. no.

I will vote for who I want to vote for. I won't be holding my nose anymore.

And I don't think it actually matters much who wins either way. We get warmed-over Republican crap even if a Democrat wins, ESPECIALLY if it's Clinton.

[Xyzse]

59. I'll vote for them, if that's what you're asking.

Will I donate to their campaign? Perhaps...
Will I go out and canvass or do phone calls? Probably not, unless the Republican candidate scares me as much as Romney or Palin.

[ScreamingMeemie]

61. Totally wish we would have kept the "Will you support the candidate..." thread from 2003 kicked...

[barbaraj]

62. Yes, I will and am ready

to go to the polls in a few weeks to vote for a dem governor that is an idiot. It's not about the candidate so much as the ideology behind them and the influence of the democratic party that needs to be in place.

[rogerashton]

63. I'm sure we can all imagine

people we would not support if, by some extraordinary chance, they should be the democratic nominee. But shouldn't we think in terms of demos who might reasonably be nominated? On this count, Hillary is about the worst (from my point of view) and yes, I would vote for and support her against any plausible republican.

[NaturalHigh]

64. As always, I'll vote my conscience.

Since I live in the reddest of states (Oklahoma), my vote won't matter too much anyway.

[broiles]

66. I will not vote for Hillary, period. I'll vote Green.

[Jim Lane]

67. I'll vote for the best candidate who has a realistic chance of winning.

I'd say the odds are about 10,000 to 1 that the candidate meeting that description will be the Democratic Party nominee.

[KamaAina]

69. Ya, you betcha!

[DesMoinesDem]

70. If they voted for the Iraq war I am not voting for them. How can any progressive?

[Danmel]

73. yes

Why would I vote for a republican?

[librechik]

74. you betcha

[CakeGrrl]

75. I'll vote to keep the extremist GOP from gaining the WH.

Anyone who thinks it's better on principle to lose to these nuts is dangerously naive, IMO.

This is not the party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, or Eisenhower.

Give 'em an inch, they'll obliterate education, women's rights, and healthcare gains for REAL. I'm sick of seeing "the parties are the same / two sides of the same coin" bullshit.

Their pundits openly hold opinions such as: the border should be electrified; women who have abortions should be hanged.

I will not help them gain a rubber-stamp in the White House when Americans are generally too ignorant of how the branches of government work to keep them from gaining control of Congress.

[libodem]

77. Well, duh

[LawDeeDah]

78. Of course. But I will not sit back and watch the one I dislike the most fool everyone.

[DinahMoeHum]

79. Hell, Yes. I'd rather eat broken glass than vote GOP.

Even if the nominee is Hillary.

[JoePhilly]

80. Yes. Clinton. Warren. Sanders. Or whichever other Dem were to win the primary.

We simply can not let the GOP control all branches of government.

Their entire goal is to destroy our government.

[Blue_In_AK]

82. Too soon to say.

I won't vote for a Republican, though.

[mfcorey1]

83. Yep!

[DesertFlower]

84. yes.

[hunter]

85. Yes. It's an awful choice sometimes, but the alternatives are often much worse.

Fuck you, Ralph Nader. It's not "all more of the same."

Sometimes we have a choice between that which sucks and that which sucks much less.

I was born in the U.S.A. so I'm still free enough that I don't have to accept all the crap in those packages our political systems keep sending me.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

87. Yes,

most human beings have flaws, politicians are no exception!

[Rowdyboy]

90. Just like I have in almost every election since 1976 when I voted for Carter

I wanted Mo Udall or Fred Harris-even Sargeant Shriver. Carter was a moderate centrist but I voted fir him anyway because I'm a democrat and that's what we do, vote for democrats. My self-centered angst could have led me to vote 3rd party for Eugene McCarthy or just to stay home. 38 years later it's a vote I'm still proud of.

So, yes, I'll be voting for whoever my party nominates-proudly.

[Kingofalldems]

91. Abso-positively.

[bigwillq]

92. No. I am not a party line voter.

I vote for the candidate, not the party.
I am lucky to live in CT, where the Dem candidate usually wins, with or without my vote. This allows me to cast my vote for other candidates, who are normally more progressive than the Dem candidate.

[AtomicKitten]

93. hella wella

no es bueno

[Wella]

99. ??

?

[slipslidingaway]

94. "with some real debate" ...

good luck with that!

[femmocrat]

95. Yes. I will vote for the nominee.

Not sure yet if I will work for "her."

[hobbit709]

97. Barf bag in one hand, holding nose with other, stylus between my teeth to vote on the touch screen

[Warren DeMontague]

101. Yes.

[workinclasszero]

102. Yes of course

The thought of Huckabee or Cruz in the White House is about the worst nightmare for America that I can think of.

[Wella]

109. Cruz....Yikes!

[Barack_America]

103. I'll vote straight ticket.

So whoever has a "D" next to their name will have my support, regardless whether they deserve it.

[Le Taz Hot]

104. Two years out

and already with the Loyalty Oaths.

[Wella]

114. Didn't ask for an oath.

Just a question.

[jambo101]

106. I'm a Liberal

I'll vote Democrat no matter who the candidate might be..

[Stardust]

111. Of course! As one poster said, to prevent the other side from doing very, very bad things. nt

[lastlib]

112. I would probably vote for Idi Amin if he was running against Repuglikkkans

I might draw the line at Charles Manson, though. That's just me......and it's negotiable.

[CBHagman]

113. But of course!

This is about policy, not personalities.

That said, personality is often the means by which a candidate energizes a campaign.