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NacLeeFF

(89 posts)
Mon Mar 25, 2019, 11:06 AM Mar 2019

I'm still undecided, but here are my top 5 *as of today.*

In no particular order:

O'Rourke
Booker
Sanders
Warren
Buttigieg


That being said, I'll obviously vote for the Democratic nominee and work hard to get him or her elected.

How about the rest of you?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
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I'm still undecided, but here are my top 5 *as of today.* (Original Post) NacLeeFF Mar 2019 OP
In no particular order DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2019 #1
Don't have a top 5 yet Trumpocalypse Mar 2019 #2
Top three (order fluctuates): Buttigieg, Warren, Harris n/t demmiblue Mar 2019 #3
Biden, O'Rourke, Harris, Booker, Buttigeig dewsgirl Mar 2019 #4
Sanders, Warren, Inslee in some combination. shanny Mar 2019 #5
Inslee, Warren, Harris, Klobuchar, possibly O'Rourke rurallib Mar 2019 #6
We need discourse on issues, says my most trusted friend Tetrachloride Mar 2019 #7
I don't have 5, but top 2 are... TreasonousBastard Mar 2019 #8
Inslee, followed by Buttigieg are my choices. BlueStater Mar 2019 #9
I have a top 4, middle 7 and bottom 6. IrishEyes Mar 2019 #10
I am for whoever can win Meowmee Mar 2019 #11
 

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,708 posts)
1. In no particular order
Mon Mar 25, 2019, 11:11 AM
Mar 2019

Harris
Booker
Beto
Biden
Buttigieg

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

Trumpocalypse

(6,143 posts)
2. Don't have a top 5 yet
Mon Mar 25, 2019, 11:13 AM
Mar 2019

Think we have a great group of candidates and will decide a week or two before the NY primary next year.

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

demmiblue

(36,821 posts)
3. Top three (order fluctuates): Buttigieg, Warren, Harris n/t
Mon Mar 25, 2019, 11:25 AM
Mar 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
4. Biden, O'Rourke, Harris, Booker, Buttigeig
Mon Mar 25, 2019, 11:30 AM
Mar 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

shanny

(6,709 posts)
5. Sanders, Warren, Inslee in some combination.
Mon Mar 25, 2019, 11:38 AM
Mar 2019

Buttigieg is very impressive but I don't know much about him--maybe as veep.

I've got some definite "no"s (for the primary, before anybody shrieks)

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

rurallib

(62,373 posts)
6. Inslee, Warren, Harris, Klobuchar, possibly O'Rourke
Mon Mar 25, 2019, 12:01 PM
Mar 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Tetrachloride

(7,814 posts)
7. We need discourse on issues, says my most trusted friend
Mon Mar 25, 2019, 12:37 PM
Mar 2019

1. My friend "Agent R" wants to see more debates to sort a few up or down.

2. I was surprised to hear that Agent R was clearly against one of our more popular candidates. I do not know the reason yet, because time was short and insufficiently private during our conversation.

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

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
8. I don't have 5, but top 2 are...
Mon Mar 25, 2019, 01:00 PM
Mar 2019

Harris and Buttiwhatever

Warren is great, but I think she may be more valuable in the Senate than beating her head against a wall dealing with the Senate.

O'Rourke, I suspect, actually has very little substance beyond the crowd appeal.

Bernie trails the field-- he's got the same speech he's had for years, and no evidence he can deal with Congress during the rough patches.

Booker, I've noticed, often talks too much. Great (and long) speeches, but I have to look closer at what he actually did in Newark.

Gillibrand is my senator, and she's been doing fine. I think she's got a shot at being a decent President, and I hold no grudge over Franken. She does not seem like she'll go too far, though, and may bow out after, or even before, the first primaries.

Biden, I think, is just too old and deep in the system to relate to a large swath of voters. Like Bernie, he lives as a hope for return to previous, but imaginary, days.

The rest of them, I really don't know enough about to think much any particular way.

None of this means anything, though. It's a year until it seriously starts, and anything can happen.

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

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)
9. Inslee, followed by Buttigieg are my choices.
Mon Mar 25, 2019, 02:17 PM
Mar 2019

Buttigieg has won me over. If Biden and Sanders are just allowed to completely break all previous political norms by trying to be president while in in their early 80s, I see absolutely no reason why we can't have a president in their 30s. His wisdom and life experiences belie his age.

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

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
10. I have a top 4, middle 7 and bottom 6.
Mon Mar 25, 2019, 02:58 PM
Mar 2019

Four candidates that I would love to be the candidate.
Seven candidates that I would be okay with being the candidate.
Six candidates that I would prefer not be the candidate.

This will probably change as people enter and drop out of the race. Also, as I watch the debates, interviews and rallies. It is a long time until the primaries in my state.

Of course, I will support, campaign and vote for whichever candidate wins the democratic primaries in the presidential election.

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

Meowmee

(5,164 posts)
11. I am for whoever can win
Mon Mar 25, 2019, 07:33 PM
Mar 2019

So far I think it is Biden, discussed with a friend and we agree. I do not really like any of the others that much to be honest. Beto is my second choice for “winnability.” Honestly I think I have never really liked any of the prez I voted for that much, except hrc, but I have always voted straight dem ticket since becoming a citizen.

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