Vote for whomever aligns with your values the most - and do everything you can to elect our nominee.

[ArtTownsend]

Period. End of story.

I trust that everyone here is with me on this!!

[redstatebluegirl]

1. No I'm not.

I want the person who can win a national election, not win Iowa. If we nominate someone who can win Iowa and New Hampshire but can't carry the minority vote we lose and get 4 more years of something much worse than dealing with someone who"doesn't align with our values".

[ArtTownsend]

2. Ok. Respectfully disagree.

Never thought South Carolina was a swing state.

Check who’s leading among Latinos.

[Sloumeau]

4. Nailed it! :) eom

[Bettie]

11. So, your chosen candidate doesn't align with your values?

or are you telling others that their values don't or shouldn't matter?

[redstatebluegirl]

15. I am saying that Joe Biden is very close to how I feel.

There is more than one thing I look at when I vote this time. He is the closest one to fill both. I like Elizabeth, I don't think she can win this time. I think dark money will paint her in a very unfair way that will cause us to lose, not only the white house, but the house as well. I don't agree I am just realistic in what their tactics will be.

We can't play this time.

[Bettie]

16. So, only a woman would face Republicans painting them in an unfair light?

How is it precisely that Joe Biden alone will escape this and be left alone with zero "unfair" attacks to fend off.

How is it that any of the other candidates would be utterly incapable of fending off similar attacks were they to be the eventual nominee?

Will "dark money" not target Biden for some reason? If so: why?

Or do you see other candidates as incompetent people who will automatically cause millions who usually vote for Democrats to suddenly say "I'm going with Trump because (as yet unknown Dem. candidate) sucks and Trump rules, I seen that on teh Facebooks!"

I believe that any of our candidates CAN and will win against Trump if we all pull together.

I hate being told every day that only a certain old white man can save us. It is the kind of talk that makes people feel hostile toward that candidate.

And even then, I'll vote Blue no matter who.

[redstatebluegirl]

17. No, it isn't because she is woman, they will brand her a socialist.

Not fair, but both she and Bernie would have that issue. The ads are already written waiting to run. I have given Elizabeth money, in a perfect world, I would not hesitate to vote for her, but I am more liberal than most people outside of the two coasts. Bernie is another issue, he has more baggage than being a socialist, he would get clobbered.

I wore my shoes to nothing working for Hillary so obviously I think a woman can win. In fact she did the last time. I am not so naive as to think that certain factions will not vilify any democrat, but in particular one who is as progressive as Elizabeth. I love her, I agree with her on most things, not all, but I feel with all of the damage done to our country in the past 3 years we should not try and force the country to do a 180, it just won't work.

It is my opinion, it is not anti woman, it is this candidate and her views. I was marching for women's liberation and equal rights in the 70s and since. I have been discriminated against at work, at banks and in court during divorce proceedings. That label won't fly with me.

[LongtimeAZDem]

12. +1

[Sherman A1]

3. I will vote for my choice in the primary

and the nominee in the general. That I believe is what the primaries are for.

[Bettie]

8. That was what I thought too

apparently, the rules changed and we weren't told about it.

[ArtTownsend]

9. It's all about "electability", which is obviously 100% clear and objective, even this far

from the election.

There’s a secret formula. Doncha know?

[Sloumeau]

5. I will vote for whomever I think has the best chance to beat Trump.

The fact that he also aligns with my values is a bonus...like whipped cream on a piece of pie.

[brooklynite]

6. Nope..

I would vote for a candidate who didn't align with my values if I thought he/she had a better chance of winning in November.

[ArtTownsend]

7. Playing the "electability" game is a fool's errand.

[brooklynite]

10. I support most of Bernie's policies in the abstract. I have no confidence he can win the election.

Convince me otherwise based on hard data.

[Uncle Joe]

13. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread ArtTownsend.

[yuiyoshida]

14. both Cory Booker and Kamala Harris is out

And would have been my real choice. But I have sided with Elizabeth Warren...for a number of reasons. I like Andrew Yang but don't believe he has a chance.