I guess I'm what you'd call a "Single Issue Voter"

[Snake Plissken]

I couldn't care less about the candidates or the issues, I'm really not even interested in the candidate's name that I will be voting for.

My only focus is voting for the candidate running against Trump, whoever that candidate may be.

Now if I heard a candidate say that his or her first order of business as President would be to ensure that Trump is held accountable for his crimes and goes to prison if convicted, that would make me very interested.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Wait, you mean you wont sentence the human race to EXTINCTION because

one candidate wont do universal healthcare and the other will?

How mature, adult and rational of you.

But seriously there will be people, lots of em who will NOT vote for anybody but one person and if we lose they are why.

[Kurt V.]

6. in 2016 , 6 1/2 percent of the electorate voted for someone other than the dem or repthug candidate.

40 percent didn't vote. the former isn't the problem.

[Eliot Rosewater]

10. Of course it is, they KNOW the 40% dont vote yet they do this SHIT anyway

[marble falls]

2. Hey snake, don't forget your state reps and congressional votes, too. These are ...

every bit as important as the WH.

[Snake Plissken]

4. That falls in the same category I'll vote for whoever is running against the person Trump endorsed

Who they are really isn't that important to me.

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. There is not one GOP running now or in the past 40 years who was better than the DNC

alternative.

Not one.

[TomSlick]

9. I had kin running for local office in the last election as a Republican.

I had to tell her that I could not vote for her unless she publicly repudiated Trump. She argued - truthfully - that the position was strictly ministerial and the political party was largely irrelevant. My reply was that running as a Republican carried with it the presumption that she was a Trumpster and therefore a racist, homophobe, etc. - a presumption she needed to affirmatively deny. Of course, she would not.

We have not spoken since.

[oldsoftie]

19. So you know your relative is a racist and homophobe?

[TomSlick]

21. Not really.

But she wants the racists and homophobes to think she is one of them. That's bad enough.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. That's my single issue, too. Beating Trump is all that matters.

Once that's done we can fix the other things, but I really don't give a crap about debates over Medicare for All (which will never happen anyhow) vs. ACA improvements. I know that all of the candidates are in favor of some kind of universal health care system, combatting climate change, women's reproductive freedom, and all the other things the Democratic Party represents. But we have no chance of getting any of those things if Trump is re-elected; as it is, it will take the new president's entire first term, or longer, just to repair the damage.

[BigmanPigman]

7. Rachel Maddow said that most Dems are saying the same thing

and this is unusual. Normally Dems vote in the primaries for the issues closest to their hearts and the presidential election is where they vote to defeat the GOP candidate. This year the majority of Dems are going straight to whoever has the best chance to beat tRump, the issues come after that. GOOD!

[empedocles]

8. The trump issue is our best bet with independents, moderates, various 'con 'defectors'

[BigmanPigman]

11. Than it's a win-win!

[empedocles]

12. Hope so!

[elocs]

13. If Trump is reelected, nothing, NOTHING the candidates propose will matter at all.

The absolute job #1 is to beat Trump and beat him decisively if possible. No excuses, no pouting or purity tests, just vote for the candidate of the Democratic Party.

[Duppers]

14. Same here.

[Gothmog]

15. Beating trump is all that matters

[warmfeet]

16. Nothing wrong with that, Snake.

I do care about issues and policy, but that takes a back seat to winning and defeating the orange butt discharge lunatic. I will vote for the democratic candidate without hesitation. If I am on my deathbed come November 2020, I will vote absentee ballot. If I have already died, someone here must find another eligible voter to cast a ballot for the democratic nominee.

[Nitram]

17. Sophomoric and short-sighted. Nothing to be proud of.

[Snake Plissken]

18. Sophomoric and short-sighted is how we ended up with Trump

I bet you're really proud of that, and his two Supreme Court picks

[Nitram]

23. Exactly. So you want to end up with another Trump?

[oldsoftie]

20. Is it though? THIS election, the vast majorities #1 priority is beating trump.

Prior elections, there were disputes galore about different issues that had some take their ball and go home. THIS election is totally different.

[BigmanPigman]

22. Rachel Maddow said that the numbers show you are not alone.

She said that during THIS election voters are voting for who they think has the best chance to beat the Racist Rapist and not for a candidate who shares your values about certain issues and policies.