Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumI don't care about anything but beating Trump.
This is no time for progressive puritanism.
Our entire democracy is at risk.
We have a president who wants to throw out the U.S. Constitution and install a fascist dictatorship.
Don't doubt it for a second.
I don't yet know who I will vote for in the Florida Democratic primary, but it will be for whoever at the time looks like they are most likely to beat Trump.
That is literally all I care about.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
CountAllVotes
(20,863 posts)Vote the damn ticket.
It really is THAT simple!
& rec.!!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Left-over
(234 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
CountAllVotes
(20,863 posts)So, we end up waiting for the election to do it or -- ?
Voting the ticket is the only way out of this corrupt fiasco we find ourselves in.
I always vote the ticket whether I like all of the candidates or not.
No ifs, ands or buts about it!
Now is not the time to be choosy!
Anyone BUT another puke destroying America!
Just VOTE DEMOCRATIC !!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
MH1
(17,573 posts)Every now and then I allow myself to fantasize that we live in a normal world, and think about the stuff I would care about if we didn't literally have to save the country from the fucking morons.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
coeur_de_lion
(3,676 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BlueFlorida
(1,532 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
unitedwethrive
(1,997 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
My Name is Url
(43 posts)I support Biden, but if Sanders, or Harris, or Warren, or Mayor Pete, or any other candidate is our nominee, I will vote for that person without hesitation. This even applies to Gillibrand, may God have Mercy on my Soul!!!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
CaptainTruth
(6,572 posts)We CAN'T let it happen.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
oldlibdem
(330 posts)And get a majority in the Senate .
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
DownriverDem
(6,226 posts)I just want a candidate that can beat trump.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TryLogic
(1,722 posts)A good candidate is the best way to beat Trump or whoever they put up. I'm not convinced it will be Trump.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Trump is a symptom not a cause. If he is voted out, we will only get a temporary reprieve as our country continues to unravel. I'm only looking at candidates who have ideas for how to resolve the dangerous divisions in our society. Not coincidentally, I believe those candidates will have the best chance of beating Trump.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Locrian
(4,522 posts)Including climate change issues
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
DCofVA
(714 posts)so, said most of the Republicans when they picked their candidate for the 2012 Republican Primaries.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BootinUp
(47,053 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Jimbo S
(2,958 posts)I feel the only way to beat an SOB is with an SOB. Biden is our SOB. Trump may throw the first punch, but Joe is able to punch back harder.
If the election was for an open seat, I most likely would support someone else.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
iamthebandfanman
(8,127 posts)Substitute Trump with Bush and you have the entire thought process of the 2004 primaries. ABB. Anyone But Bush. That worked out great for us in 2004.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
NYMinute
(3,256 posts)Bush was not Trump.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Locrian
(4,522 posts)It's that there are a lot of people in the media, politics, wealthy, that *love* the benefits of trump. These are in addition to the maga idiots that are the gop cannon fodder.
Which means that there is a very high chance of another far right dictator gaining power unless we fix the current *system* that allows someone like trump to become president.
We cannot simply treat the symptom and fix the disease.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dalton99a
(81,378 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
NYMinute
(3,256 posts)is a path to ruin.
I am with you. We have to win and to hell with the ultra pures.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Doodley
(9,033 posts)about poverty, if you care about healthcare, if you care about America's standing in the world, if you care about how we treat our neighbors and desperate people who need help, if you care about our democracy, if you care about treating people equally whether they are male or female, black, brown or white, or gay or straight, if you care about the importance of education and science, if you care about the truth and a media that is free to call out the lies and corrupt actions of the worst president of all time.
The list goes on, but these are the values of Democrats. They should be the values of Republicans, but their continued support for Trump shows they have no values.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(296,732 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(144,876 posts)We have to defeat trump. There is a very good chance that trump will win if we pick a weak or unsafe choice. There are posters who believe that we can nominate the most liberal/socialist nominee as possible and that candidate will easily win because everyone hates trump. It is their position that this is a historic opportunity to nominate someone would otherwise not be electable.
From Larry Sabato https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-economy-got-nixon-reagan-and-bush-reelected-it-could-do-it-for-trump-too/2019/04/23/b8920d34-65e6-11e9-a1b6-b29b90efa879_story.html?utm_term=.a35b315730d2
Credit the powers of incumbency and a strong economy, the state of which may matter more to Trumps odds than nearly anything else. Incumbency and the economy, among other matters, ended up being more than enough for Nixon, Reagan and Bush. Despite Trumps unprecedented outlandishness, that same combination might work for him, too.
Most POTUS are re-elected if the economy is good. Here is a scary study that shows this
Link to tweet
There are good reasons to doubt this study
Link to tweet
I do not believe that trump is assured of winning. If we want to win, Democrats need to nominate a strong nominee who is NOT too far out of the mainstream
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden