Is there any potential Democratic Candidate who will pass muster?

[MineralMan]

54. I CAN'T vote for Republicans.

In presidential elections, there are only three choices: Vote for the Democrat, vote for the Republican, or don't vote. Only one of those choices is one I can take. I remember Nixon. I remember Reagan. I remember both Bushes. So, I vote for the Democrat, and have since the 1968 election, which was the first presidential election I could vote in. I cannot withhold my vote, because it is the same as a vote for the Republican.

My own electoral activism is focused on state, congressional district and local races. As I've said many time, I have zero influence on presidential nominations, so I work on a more local level. I do what I can, and don't deal with presidential politics at all. There will be a Democratic candidate, and that candidate will get my vote. Then, I'll vote for Democrats right down the ballot. I'll have had something to do with some of those candidates being on that ballot, but not the presidential candidate.

Presidential elections are binary. The candidate with the most votes generally wins. I cannot withhold my vote in that race, because there is a distinct and important difference between the two parties in their effect on the next few years. I vote for the Democrat at the top of the ballot in presidential elections. Every last freaking time.