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honest.abe

(8,556 posts)
14. Yep!! Joe's our homeboy too!
Tue Mar 10, 2020, 12:35 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
its worked pretty good for nearly 250 years beachbumbob Mar 2020 #1
We've become a grievance culture HarlanPepper Mar 2020 #2
And one that apparently doesn't have a good grasp of history jberryhill Mar 2020 #7
Sadly that is true. HarlanPepper Mar 2020 #11
Or people who believe there have been party primaries for 250 years jberryhill Mar 2020 #21
what?? Abe Lincoln won the Alaska primary in 1860. FACT!11!!! wyldwolf Mar 2020 #33
So what? PJMcK Mar 2020 #52
hmm! wyldwolf Mar 2020 #56
And one that like to crow at the expense of others. LanternWaste Mar 2020 #39
Isn't that what the internet is for? PJMcK Mar 2020 #23
Lol, funny jberryhill Mar 2020 #5
That's rather simplistic PJMcK Mar 2020 #8
proof is in the pudding. If it doesn;lt work well why are people lined up to come to America? beachbumbob Mar 2020 #13
Do you actually believe there have been party primary elections for 250 years? jberryhill Mar 2020 #17
didn't say that, I just imply our system whether now or years before seems to work ok beachbumbob Mar 2020 #24
There are so many disconnected thoughts in your response PJMcK Mar 2020 #18
Actually the primary system Dem4Life1102 Mar 2020 #16
Exactly PJMcK Mar 2020 #20
Most states didn't even have presidential elections until after 1820 jberryhill Mar 2020 #22
Ah, historical accuracy PJMcK Mar 2020 #25
I would call that lucky, I vote in June. nt GemDigger Mar 2020 #3
April 28 is probably the day Joe breaks the majority 1990+ delegates honest.abe Mar 2020 #4
I just noticed that last night when I was looking at 538 BidenBacker Mar 2020 #10
Yep!! Joe's our homeboy too! honest.abe Mar 2020 #14
Agree. All at once seems like the fairest way to conduct primaries. Off the top of my head ... ancianita Mar 2020 #6
It will shorten the length of campaigns PJMcK Mar 2020 #12
Two great additions to my list. Thanks! ancianita Mar 2020 #26
All on one day? Only the richest and most well known would have a chance. thesquanderer Mar 2020 #40
Well, then. We have to change campaign finance along with it, don't we. ancianita Mar 2020 #42
I would go for 6 regional primaries. LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #63
That's one step forward. Until we can get campaign finance changed, sure. After that, a national ancianita Mar 2020 #67
Agreed, have 'em all on the same day and be done with it. brush Mar 2020 #9
We'd never have had an Obama, or Bill Clinton, or Jimmy Carter. thesquanderer Mar 2020 #41
Sorry, it's already moving that way with states moving to Super Tuesday. brush Mar 2020 #44
if Super Tues was first stopdiggin Mar 2020 #47
Yet you haven't answered my original complaint PJMcK Mar 2020 #53
You really think it can be stopped? Another way to look at it is a much shorter campaign will cost.. brush Mar 2020 #54
I'm in New Mexico, with a June primary n/t left-of-center2012 Mar 2020 #15
We don't vote until April 28. I'll vote, but I'm sure a lot of people won't bother. George II Mar 2020 #19
New Jersey here. I agree, emphatically. n/t. NNadir Mar 2020 #27
Of course you realize that means a runoff day will have to occur. MicaelS Mar 2020 #28
Maybe PJMcK Mar 2020 #34
so both of you are doing away with the convention? delegates? (nt) stopdiggin Mar 2020 #48
Well, hold on PJMcK Mar 2020 #50
less than three weeks ago stopdiggin Mar 2020 #58
And conventions are important in mobilizing support for the nominee. LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #68
I would not support most votes for primaries. LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #66
I agree nolawarlock Mar 2020 #29
Do you have any nails left? PJMcK Mar 2020 #32
Barely! n/t nolawarlock Mar 2020 #43
Then how do you winnow the field? LisaM Mar 2020 #30
I'm surprised by your first sentence PJMcK Mar 2020 #31
Of course MY VOTE matters to me. We vote today, and I am disappointed LisaM Mar 2020 #45
They still count in determining the delegates that will go to the national. LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #69
Welcome to our world (California). LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2020 #35
Lucky! PJMcK Mar 2020 #38
Oh, I'm sure Sanders will now push for this.. wyldwolf Mar 2020 #36
Hah! PJMcK Mar 2020 #37
For reasons stated by others here BidenBacker Mar 2020 #46
Except for caucuses the dates for primaries are determined by states. LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #70
Good point, LF BidenBacker Mar 2020 #74
So .. you have no interest at all in hearing from stopdiggin Mar 2020 #49
What are you talking about? PJMcK Mar 2020 #51
how do you imagine stopdiggin Mar 2020 #62
Why not change the order every election? Clash City Rocker Mar 2020 #55
Because the DNC does not decide when primaries are held. LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #71
A national Primary would severely limit both the candidates and campaigns... brooklynite Mar 2020 #57
And yet you and I will have no say in the candidate PJMcK Mar 2020 #59
Sorry, but I disagree... brooklynite Mar 2020 #65
The calendar is not always the same karynnj Mar 2020 #60
That is an issue to take up with your state's legislators. LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #61
I absolutely agree. The way it stands, some state's votes are more influential than others Vivienne235729 Mar 2020 #64
That would probably result in utter chaos BidenBacker Mar 2020 #73
Well, we couldn't do it as it stands. We would have to have qualifying rounds still. Vivienne235729 Mar 2020 #76
Hell, Viv BidenBacker Mar 2020 #77
No shit. I came up w that on the fly. Feel free to come up w solutions as well. Vivienne235729 Mar 2020 #80
Mine is May. LizBeth Mar 2020 #72
Same in OR, only we have vastly fewer delegates than NY. Amaryllis Mar 2020 #75
Ok, here is my fantasy primary season eilen Mar 2020 #78
That's quite brilliant PJMcK Mar 2020 #79
Thanks! eilen Mar 2020 #82
I'm voting for Warren regardless. alarimer Mar 2020 #81
I share your frustration PJMcK Mar 2020 #83
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