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(24,692 posts) Wed Jun 11, 2014, 08:09 AM Jun 2014

All the "I will/won't for vote ..." threads: Which actual Democratic presidential nominee since WWII [View all]

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would you have not voted for at the time?

While not every actual Democratic nominee was (or would have been if I were around then) my first choice but, looking at the list I don't see any whom I would not have voted for in the general election. After their term in office (if they won) I might have questioned my vote in retrospect, but not at the time of the election.

I think Democratic primary voters and convention delegates have done a good job overall in choosing presidential candidates.

1948: Harry Truman
1952, 1956: Adlai Stevenson
1960: John Kennedy
1964: Lyndon Johnson
1968: Hubert Humphrey
1972: George McGovern
1976, 1980: Jimmy Carter
1984: Walter Mondale
1988: Michael Dukakis
1992, 1996: Bill Clinton
2000: Al Gore
2004: John Kerry
2008, 2012: Barack Obama

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All the "I will/won't for vote ..." threads: Which actual Democratic presidential nominee since WWII [View all] pampango Jun 2014 OP

Given the chance to go back in time and change my votes? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #1

Really? DURHAM D Jun 2014 #3

No, but my one vote wouldn't have done that. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #6

Your one vote would have done that frazzled Jun 2014 #14

I think you have problems with math. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #15

And I think you have problems with conceptual thinking. frazzled Jun 2014 #17

If he has issues with conceptual thinking, you've missed the point of democracy. Chan790 Jun 2014 #23

Frazzled Shrugs frazzled Jun 2014 #36

...and this is why I accuse you of not understanding democracy. Chan790 Jun 2014 #37

Unbelievably selfish. You want everyone else to do the hard work ecstatic Jun 2014 #28

I'm doing the exact same thing you all are. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #32

+1 n/t Chan790 Jun 2014 #38

If Poppy had won a second term and the WH was open in 1996, Dole wouldn't have been the nominee. hughee99 Jun 2014 #30

"... I might have questioned my vote in retrospect, but not at the time of the election." pampango Jun 2014 #11

I was far more politically naive back then. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #13

I will NEVER vote republican! NEVER!!!! liberal N proud Jun 2014 #2

That's not the choice. The world isn't binary. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #7

Voting for third party candidate is like throwing your vote away liberal N proud Jun 2014 #21

You've just created another Clinton bashing thread. onehandle Jun 2014 #4

Yep. DURHAM D Jun 2014 #5

Really? It was intended as a "The Democratic Party nominates candidates I can vote for" thread. pampango Jun 2014 #16

There are at least two on that list. LWolf Jun 2014 #8

1948 - Truman the Disaster DerekG Jun 2014 #9

None of em. ananda Jun 2014 #10

Proudly supported every Democratic nominee since Carter and will continue to do so Rowdyboy Jun 2014 #12

These. Chan790 Jun 2014 #18

So you're one of the people who gave us George Bush MohRokTah Jun 2014 #20

I sincerely doubt any vote I cast for Socialists, Working Families or Greens in CT or MD... Chan790 Jun 2014 #24

It didn't. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #33

Roosevelt was LOATHED by the Left. MohRokTah Jun 2014 #19

I didn't vote for Humphrey or Obama. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2014 #22

Why are you on this site? ecstatic Jun 2014 #29

Why not? I'm a Democrat. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2014 #31

I would have loved to vote for McGovern IronLionZion Jun 2014 #25

I have voted for all of them since my first vote which was for Mondale. vi5 Jun 2014 #26

The problem with all these BS posts is... Historic NY Jun 2014 #27

That is my point. "The majority of Democrats" do a good job of selecting the party nominee. pampango Jun 2014 #35

One can just as easily make the argument that the majority has done an absymal job. Chan790 Jun 2014 #39

"They have nominated vastly superior candidates than those guys" (that the GOP nominated). pampango Jun 2014 #40

I'd have voted for all of them. WI_DEM Jun 2014 #34