Democratic Primaries
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(2,140 posts)In the primaries, vote for who you really want. You're not voting against Trump. You are telling the DNC who you want to be president, not who may or may not be electable.
I'm not a mathematician, either, but let's say that the #1 and # 2 slots in various state primaries are spread among four different candidates. Sometimes the win is significant, sometimes the difference between the first and second spots is small. At the same time, the third spot is consistently cornered by the same person.
This is information that the Democratic Party needs to understand what their own members want. Once they have it, then they can put together the best strategy. (And one hopes that they know more than I do.)
Voting for the person that you are unenthusiastically willing to vote for in the general doesn't really tell the party leaders what they need to know. There is going to be some jockeying behind the scenes no matter how the numbers play out. You may as well vote with your true voice now to tell the people in power where you want things to move in the future.
You may not get that option now, but the option will never be considered if you don't let our representatives know what you are really thinking.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided