2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I need to know why I must cast my vote for Clinton [View all]Time for change
(13,737 posts)Bernie has been a champion of the poor and vulnerable all of his career. Hillary has not. Though it looks like he is likely to lose the nomination, we are not giving up, and even if he does lose the nomination, he needs to take the race to the convention in order to get his message through to more people: We need a president who is beholding to the American people, rather than one who is beholding to the rich and powerful who fund their campaigns.
The GE is a tougher call, if she is the nominee. Perhaps the best reason to vote for her in the GE would be that maybe she is more likely to pick a better nominee for the USSC than Trump would. But I'm not even sure of that. If she is the nominee I will watch the debates and, based on those and the past history of the two candidates I will make a decision. I will not vote for her just because she is a Dem. The Democratic Party has moved so far to the right in recent years, and they have put so many obstacles in the path of someone who would probably be the best president we've had of my lifetime, that I honestly believe that the Democratic Party itself would rather see a Trump Presidency than have power in their party turned over to Bernie Sanders.