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[MineralMan]

50. My role in choosing the Democratic Presidential candidate is vanishingly small.

That's why I don't stress myself about it. I'm very active in electoral politics in my own districts, state and federal. I participate in local caucuses, and am a delegate to district conventions. I have a role in selecting and endorsing candidates for my state legislators and congressional representatives. If I decide to, I can also become a DFL state delegate. But I have almost nothing to do with presidential candidates at all.

My role in presidential elections, though, is really no larger than any other voter. Sure, I caucus for candidates, but only the state convention really has much to do with sending delegates to the national convention, where my state is just one of 50 states.

So, I vote in the primaries for my preferred candidate for President, but that's about it. Once a nominee is selected, I work to elect that candidate as I work to elect every other candidate. I'm a Democrat. I campaign for and canvass for Democrats, and vote for them in every election.

There are far more important things that individuals can do than argue about who the Democratic candidate will be. We have little to do with it as individuals, and places like DU don't really influence the selection of a nominee for President either.

I encourage people to look closer to home and try to get the very best possible Democratic candidates for legislative and local offices elected. Work on GOTV. If Democrats go to the polls in record numbers, the Presidential election will go just fine.