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Joe BidenCongratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
 

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:21 PM Dec 2019

Weird, people changing their candidate preference every couple days...weird

Weird.

Weird.


Personally, I had Kamala from day one, then when she dropped out I changed. I cant recall EVER in my LIFE changing my preference every couple days. Weird.

And going from one extreme to the other then back again, weird.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Weird, people changing their candidate preference every couple days...weird (Original Post) Eliot Rosewater Dec 2019 OP
You are not alone in that thought process.. Peacetrain Dec 2019 #1
Should we do it more often? guillaumeb Dec 2019 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Eliot Rosewater Dec 2019 #3
Just between you and me, we better fucking PRAY everybody votes blue no matter who. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2019 #5
Indeed. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #6
Anyone who doesnt is actively helping Russia destroy us. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2019 #9
Approximately 46% in 2016. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #11
That's why having a candidate that increases turnout is so important. Tiggeroshii Dec 2019 #16
And learning from the past is crucial. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #19
Agreed! Tiggeroshii Dec 2019 #21
BINGOOOOOOO!! And that's no malarkey!! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2019 #31
Yup Joinfortmill Dec 2019 #35
I think in about 55 days we will have only 3 choices INdemo Dec 2019 #7
You might be correct. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #8
Agreed! Tiggeroshii Dec 2019 #15
K&R! nt TexasTowelie Dec 2019 #4
... Tiggeroshii Dec 2019 #13
I think it's just the kids in the back of class shooting spitballs. LanternWaste Dec 2019 #10
Only life as we know it on this planet is at stake. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2019 #14
Dead balls on... sign me up!!! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2019 #32
Yes, but silly gamesplayers here aren't going to matter. Hortensis Dec 2019 #39
Iowa Berners Don't Suffer That Way corbettkroehler Dec 2019 #12
the weirdest change are the ppl who voted for obama then trump.. i mean wtf do they even want? samnsara Dec 2019 #17
Agreed. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #20
I dont believe all of them who say this, some yes but I think some are lying about that. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2019 #22
i know one. they were targeted w different shit, but they were targeted hard. mopinko Dec 2019 #24
Conspiracies everywhere, right? TCJ70 Dec 2019 #18
Lol! cwydro Dec 2019 #27
. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2019 #38
After Kamala dropped out I went Undecided. MoonRiver Dec 2019 #23
So? cwydro Dec 2019 #25
I don't really notice it either. redqueen Dec 2019 #33
Lol, yes, well...they're all pretty obvious. cwydro Dec 2019 #34
Yes, I notice those,too, and their accusations R B Garr Dec 2019 #40
keep an eye on those posters. mopinko Dec 2019 #26
Or won't be here soon. N/T revmclaren Dec 2019 #30
When Kamala Harris dropped out I planned to keep her in my sig as memorial until my primary vote, chia Dec 2019 #28
Kamala was my first choice revmclaren Dec 2019 #29
There's seemingly a poll/story in the news every day Dagstead Bumwood Dec 2019 #36
You actually notice such a detail with members? Impressive, that is Blue_true Dec 2019 #37
Are you establishing yourself as the model for proper political comportment? Marengo Dec 2019 #41
 

Peacetrain

(22,875 posts)
1. You are not alone in that thought process..
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:22 PM
Dec 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
2. Should we do it more often?
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:23 PM
Dec 2019

I am still waiting. I have two favorites.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

Response to guillaumeb (Reply #2)

 

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
5. Just between you and me, we better fucking PRAY everybody votes blue no matter who.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:26 PM
Dec 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
6. Indeed.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:28 PM
Dec 2019

Anyone who does not, in my view, is ignoring very recent history.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
9. Anyone who doesnt is actively helping Russia destroy us.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:30 PM
Dec 2019

And ignorance is no longer an excuse yet millions wont vote, STILL!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
11. Approximately 46% in 2016.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:31 PM
Dec 2019

Uninformed, uninterested, no matter the reason, they are engaging in self-destructive behavior.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)
16. That's why having a candidate that increases turnout is so important.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:46 PM
Dec 2019

And proposing ideas that are popular is crucial for that.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
19. And learning from the past is crucial.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:51 PM
Dec 2019

Expecting an obstructionist GOP to suddenly change post-Trump seems unrealistic, at best, to me.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)
21. Agreed!
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:53 PM
Dec 2019

Hoping for the best in the next couple months!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)
31. BINGOOOOOOO!! And that's no malarkey!!
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 06:35 PM
Dec 2019

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Joinfortmill

(14,417 posts)
35. Yup
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 08:51 PM
Dec 2019

Vote Blue, people, no matter who. Suck it up to save our country.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

INdemo

(6,994 posts)
7. I think in about 55 days we will have only 3 choices
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:28 PM
Dec 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
8. You might be correct.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:29 PM
Dec 2019

And we might agree on who those 3 choices will be.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
10. I think it's just the kids in the back of class shooting spitballs.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:30 PM
Dec 2019

I think that (for the most part) it's just the kids in the back of class shooting spitballs to get fewer people reading what's on the chalkboard.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
14. Only life as we know it on this planet is at stake.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:40 PM
Dec 2019

sigh

I wonder how many are going to not vote blue no matter who if their candidate isnt chosen?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)
32. Dead balls on... sign me up!!!
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 06:36 PM
Dec 2019

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
39. Yes, but silly gamesplayers here aren't going to matter.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 10:39 PM
Dec 2019

They are what they are. And not for a moment to be mistaken for the Democrats attracted to Sanders' policies who will eventually move seamlessly to their second choice.

What they're also not, by definition, are the people who elected Obama twice and our first woman president once (in spite of widespread, massive election theft) and created the massive blue wave of the midterms.

How silly to passionately insist they'll only accept nomination of a LW radical who rejects the liberal Democrats of the liberal Democratic Party ( ). But for all their raging at losses, always choosing candidates who must lose suggests it's far less about winning than opposing, and they do always show up every election in every era to oppose whichever candidate our nation's liberals come together to choose.

Sounds like political hell. But with so much that can be changed, in spite of the outsized noise from this fringe, I really doubt pros like Nancy waste even a moment wishing they could be different. Though it sounds like she may pray for them anyway.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

samnsara

(17,622 posts)
17. the weirdest change are the ppl who voted for obama then trump.. i mean wtf do they even want?
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:49 PM
Dec 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
20. Agreed.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:52 PM
Dec 2019

The 2 are such polar opposites.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
22. I dont believe all of them who say this, some yes but I think some are lying about that.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 04:04 PM
Dec 2019

But those who did I guess just wanted to believe rump was a successful businessperson instead of the COLOSSAL FAILURE he actually was and that would translate to something for them somehow.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

mopinko

(70,090 posts)
24. i know one. they were targeted w different shit, but they were targeted hard.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 04:49 PM
Dec 2019

the bernie bros did a good job on a lot of people by using their sense of fairness against them.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

TCJ70

(4,387 posts)
18. Conspiracies everywhere, right?
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:51 PM
Dec 2019

BUT YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT! Yeah?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
27. Lol!
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 04:52 PM
Dec 2019

Nailed it.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
23. After Kamala dropped out I went Undecided.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 04:13 PM
Dec 2019

I expect to stay there until our candidate is chosen.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
25. So?
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 04:49 PM
Dec 2019

What difference does it make to you?

I don’t keep up with people’s preferences here. Makes no never mind to me.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

redqueen

(115,103 posts)
33. I don't really notice it either.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 06:44 PM
Dec 2019

I can remember the preferences of a few of the more vociferous types, but that's it.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
34. Lol, yes, well...they're all pretty obvious.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 06:46 PM
Dec 2019

But the preference of someone on DU really means nothing.

Might be true, might not be, might change tomorrow or the next day. Who cares?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

R B Garr

(16,950 posts)
40. Yes, I notice those,too, and their accusations
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 04:04 AM
Dec 2019

about others.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

mopinko

(70,090 posts)
26. keep an eye on those posters.
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 04:50 PM
Dec 2019

i bet if you look, some are not here any more.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

revmclaren

(2,520 posts)
30. Or won't be here soon. N/T
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 05:52 PM
Dec 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

chia

(2,244 posts)
28. When Kamala Harris dropped out I planned to keep her in my sig as memorial until my primary vote,
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 05:41 PM
Dec 2019

but I guess it automatically reverted to "undecided." I certainly didn't change it.

It'll probably stay that way because I was sure about Kamala in a way that I'm not sure about anyone else yet.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

revmclaren

(2,520 posts)
29. Kamala was my first choice
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 05:51 PM
Dec 2019

but I went with Biden when he started his run because I liked his message and experience.

The candidate flip-flops are very weird.



ONLY!!! 2019 and beyond.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Dagstead Bumwood

(3,626 posts)
36. There's seemingly a poll/story in the news every day
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 09:18 PM
Dec 2019

showing how Democratic voters are going back and forth between the candidates. So, it doesn't seem all that surprising that it's happening here as well. Or, aliens.

I declared when I first signed up, and kept that choice for some time before finally moving back to undecided. I won't get to vote until friggin' St. Patrick's Day, so my choice may be academic by that point, anyway.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
37. You actually notice such a detail with members? Impressive, that is
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 10:14 PM
Dec 2019

a powerful ability to see trends in flowing data, not a skill that many people have.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Marengo

(3,477 posts)
41. Are you establishing yourself as the model for proper political comportment?
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 07:35 AM
Dec 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
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