QOTD #62: Who would you vote for?

I'm a Bernie supporter (and I did caucus for him in NV). I will vote for him OR Hillary in the general election when the time comes.

I find that much of the Republican party has given "legitimacy" to sexism, racism, and bigotry in this race and it's a real shame. This is part of why I'm supporting a candidate who is more progressive with regard to social issues and is standing up against many of the fiscal ones, too.

 

I like Sanders, but I'm not sure this country will actually revolt and do anything to change quickly. Especially if he doesn't have 65 senators and 240 house members on his side (with some extras to let the ones in swing states vote strategically).

SNL did a sketch of what life would be like if Trump won, but the Sanders campaign needs to create a video about how life would change and improve if he were elected. What things would he try and change, how many taxes would go up to eliminate the fees we pay now?

Cruz is the one I worry about winning. And if it is Trump vs. Clinton in the general election, I think it will be really close, but you will see a lot more people proudly supporting Trump in public. But, there would be the far-right people who think Trump isn't conservative enough, or that he is a secret Liberal with New York values. And if Trump loses, they will be pissed that the GOP hasn't run a "true conservative" in the past 12 years.

 

Bernie. Simply as the lesser of all of the evils. I don't trust Hillary and, though I'm not party-declared, I don't like the current Republican candidates. Trump scares the holy hell out of me as a mental health provider. Both in how important he views services and his potential diagnoses.

 

Trump will be your next president.

If you enjoyed the antics of Rob Ford, you will love the majesty of Donald Trump.

 

It depends if there is an anti-Trump movement on the right. And there could be an anti-Hillary movement on the left. Where third and fourth party candidates start getting large numbers of votes in the general. Will the Libertarian/Constitution party get noticed more by former Cruz/Carson/Bush/Rubio supporters? Will the Green Party get a lot more votes from Sanders supporters? Will there be an independent who runs and really shakes things up, (Condi Rice, Bloomberg)?

 

Who knows maybe this will be the seachange we've been waiting for.

 

I agree that most will vote for the Democrat, whoever it is as an anti-crazy vote. But, there is a large number of people who are enthusiastic about Democratic politics who don't want to defend Hillary over and over again, won't go door-to-door, and won't be outgoing about supporting her. And that is before the Wall St. connections, the handling of protesters, being helpful to large corporations, not having a great environmental record, and the sucking up to rich liberals and the concerns that those raise in how she would run things... It doesn't take a large percentage of people sitting out and not voting to swing an election. There is the #BlueNoMatterWho campaign, but also the #BernieOrBust crowd on-line that go at it. It might not be covered in the media, but I wouldn't write it off just yet.

Yes, it would be great if she picked Sanders as a VP if she does get the nomination. The other option would be Elizabeth Warren if Hillary would want to risk her senate seat and possibly having her run the Senate. Joe Biden might be an interesting choice too, but she will have to pick someone to bring in the young progressive voters.

 

Not really following too closely, but a lot of the coverage in Oz is about Trump. It will be a sad day if he becomes president. The guy is a fruit loop.

 

Our primary isn't until March 15th. Though we can apparently do "early voting" from the 3rd to the 12th.

 

Well I voted on Tuesday for Bernie. In Oklahoma it is not an open primary. So we must vote in our registered party. A vote for Bernie is a not vote for Hillary. Further more, even though it may hurt, I will vote for anyone running against her. As for my opinion on women in power of a nation, it goes way back to my child hood, and when I was going to church. I have certainly changed in many ways during my life time. Some beliefs are just rooted deeper than others. That is my opinion and that's what this forum is all about, our differences. This place is awesome.