Poll: If your only choice for Senators, Representatives & Judges were

[Little Star]

Last edited Thu Dec 12, 2013, 09:16 PM - Edit history (1)

Centrist Democrats or Republican of any kind which would you choose?

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	Centrist Democrat
	1 (50%)
	Republican of any kind
	0 (0%)
	I would not vote
	0 (0%)
	Write in another choice
	1 (50%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Little Star]

1. If those were my only choices I'd vote for the Centrist Democrat in a heart beat.

[Chan790]

2. I have to pass...

I've already started work on my efforts to emigrate to Spain if Hillary is the nominee in 2016 or we can't finally kill the DLC, 3^rd Way, New Democrat, Centrist, Corporatist threat to the future of the Democratic party.

That is my choice. Given the false dichotomy in the OP, I choose exile and it no longer being my problem.

[Little Star]

4. Same as option #3 just with a twist.

[struggle4progress]

3. If there's no viable candidate I can support with enthusiasm, I'll always vote for whoever

comes closest to my left-of-center views or whoever seems to me the lesser of the evils

And I always vote. Since the 1994 R sweep, I typically vote a straight D ticket. But in my town, it has sometimes been tricky: currently we Ds almost always win locally, so the ballot choices are usually between various Ds -- and they're not all the same. Moreover, the local elections are now "non-partisan" which means no official party affiliation appears on the ballot

Some years back, I deliberately (and materially) supported an R for city council here because there was an important environmental issue where said R took the proper stand, as opposed to some others who were running. After we decisively won that fight, said R didn't run for re-election

But I don't think my choices end at the ballot box: there are things to do between elections and beyond elections too -- watching legislators or regulators, public education, organizing direct pressure on particular people on specific issues

[Little Star]

12. +1

[rug]

5. A lot depends on the office and their particular positions.

[99Forever]

6. I would write in an actual Democrat, a liberal progressive.

"Centrist Democrats" and Republicans are the same thing.

[Little Star]

9. I should have added a write in choice. My bad. Sorry. It's up there now....

But in my view you might as well just choose #2 or #3 because it would have the same effect in out come.

[99Forever]

13. That is your view. Wrong, but yours.

"The outcome" isn't my responsibility, my conscience and integrity is. It's called having ethics.

[Little Star]

18. I guess that's where we differ. I take the outcome as part of my responsibility...

that's why I vote. Trying to do my ethical part in helping as much as possible to keep Democrats in these positions, even if they are not my ideal candidates they are better than any other option we have. That's where my conscience and integrity leads me.

[beachbum bob]

7. should have more choices...

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. But that won't get the desired result...probably...

[Little Star]

11. I really had no desired result. Just wanted to see how people processed their choices.....

and maybe have a conversation about those choices. The way we choose to vote has consequences.

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. There are not enough options for you to do that.

Sorry.

[Little Star]

16. What other choices would you like me to add? If they are reasonable I'll add them.

[ScreamingMeemie]

19. Then it's not objective. "If they are reasonable" would be based on one person's

opinion, which then negates the poll. See?

[Little Star]

21. ok then. I'll add whatever choices you would like added so as not to negate the poll.....

Just name them and I'll add them.

[Little Star]

10. What other choices would you like me to add? If they are reasonable I'll add them.

[tabbycat31]

15. A progressive cannot win everywhere in the country

That is a fact. Not everywhere is San Francisco.

Part of what made Howard Dean so successful as DNC chair was the Blue Dogs in conservative districts. In such districts, the options are a Blue Dog who votes with Democrats 85% of the time or a teabagger. Go knock on doors in those districts and you will hear the words 'too liberal' all the time but never the words 'too conservative'


If you want to run a flaming liberal in San Francisco, Boston, etc, I'm all for it.

[TBF]

17. Duh - we choose the centrist -

as we have for the past 30 years. It's not like we get any other choices at this point.

[Little Star]

20. I agree but there are some who seem to see it differently.

[Nye Bevan]

22. Centrist Democrat (nt)

[Blue_In_AK]

23. I have been known to write someone in

in this situation, but ordinarily a centrist Dem would have to do.

[Little Star]

24. If anyone would like more choices added to this poll please feel free to speak up......

Thanks and good night. I'll check back tomorrow.