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Bernie Sanders

jg10003

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13. A compromise; swing state residents vote Clinton, others don’t.

Reply to Baobab (Original post)

Mon May 30, 2016, 08:02 PM

May 2016

Remember it's not a national election, it's 50 state elections. If you live in a swing state (FL, OH, MI, etc.) then definitely vote for Clinton if she is the nominee. Let us not have a repeat of the 2000 election. But if you are a democrat in a solid red state (TX, AL, MS, etc.) then your vote is meaningless, so send a message to the DNC by writing in Sanders or voting for the Green party. If Sanders and the Green party can get a combined 5% of the vote, without hurting Clinton’s chances, it will let the DNC know that they cannot continue to take the progressive vote for granted.

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"No, I Won't Work for Hillary Clinton: A Response to Robert Reich" [View all] Baobab May 2016 OP

Write Faux pas May 2016 #1

I agree with everything you said but one. IMHO, dae May 2016 #2

A party and candidate that is willing to use the tactics of Carl Rove to win OffWithTheirHeads May 2016 #3

I have to agree. Two wrongs don't make a right, as my granny used to say. ladyVet May 2016 #8

Amen to that Plucketeer May 2016 #12

"One can, without contradiction, both refuse to support Hillary Clinton and ardently oppose Donald" KeepItReal May 2016 #4

This is what I hate about the lie that not voting for Hillary is a vote for Trump davidpdx May 2016 #9

Sorry. I won't "work hard" for anyone whose policies will hurt me and those I love. CharlotteVale May 2016 #5

I'm already following him, he's really smart. onecaliberal May 2016 #6

I remember a recent president claiming that Lordquinton May 2016 #7

I may vote for Hillary Red Mountain May 2016 #10

Reich needs to hear that we will NOT support her - TBF May 2016 #11

A compromise; swing state residents vote Clinton, others don’t. jg10003 May 2016 #13

The revolution should not end with the convention. If Clinton is the nominee, it will be easier to eridani May 2016 #14