If your preferred candidate does not get the nomination, do you expect to vote in November

[Nye Bevan]

for the person that your preferred candidate endorses? I certainly do. If you respect someone enough that they are your preferred candidate, I would think that their endorsement would carry a lot of weight with you.

[MineralMan]

1. Yes, of course, but

I will vote for the Democratic candidate whether the other primary candidate endorses or not. I am a Democrat. I vote for Democrats for all offices.

[revbones]

2. Endorsements don't matter

I'm not on team blue because I dislike the color red: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511373850

[revbones]

5. I should add

That I can think for myself rather than be a sheep. My vote has to be earned.

[PonyUp]

16. Yep. Vote for the policies, not the candidate. Bernie can do what he wants with his vote. n/t

[blm]

32. Bernie's policy list is more in line with Dem policies than with GOP/ALEC policies.

Your mileage may vary greatly with Sanders and also with my fellow Sanders supporters in the long run.

[PonyUp]

40. There are other options. n/t

[blm]

75. There is no other result. n/t

.

[PonyUp]

77. The result is having a clear conscience. n/t

[blm]

84. Good, that will be a big help during Supreme Court nominations….

….to no one but the vote suppressors, the homophobes, the religious fanatics, the privatization profiteers, the racists, the global fascists, et al.

[yourpaljoey]

88. Hillary will lose in the greatest landslide of all time

We better defeat her, first

[PonyUp]

89. Then elect Bernie. n/t

[blm]

93. I support Sanders. I also comprehend math.

And I don't believe in the stupidity of your position to not vote for the Dem nominee. Yours is the Ayn Rand solution - do what feels good for you even if millions of others will be hurt by it.

[JaneyVee]

3. 110%

[NCTraveler]

4. No doubt about it.

And at this point in time I think people should be able to answer this honestly without repercussion from DU. I reserve the right to call them an ass.

[Gamecock Lefty]

6. Yes!!!

No Republicans Allowed!!!

[PJMcK]

7. Of course

Straight Democratic in all races.

Encourage everyone you know to vote!

[dragonfly301]

8. I always vote and I always vote my conscience

celebrity endorsements don't have much sway with me.

[obamanut2012]

9. Yup, will be voting for Bernie if Hillary doesn't get the nod

[tularetom]

10. I intend to vote for the candidate who, in my opinion, will do the most for me

And I have never based my vote on what somebody tells me I should do.

All endorsements are bullshit as far as I'm concerned.

Do you need somebody to tell you how to vote? That's pretty sad.

[Zorra]

11. I am very fortunate in that, like all Bernie supporters, I know how to think

for myself, and don't need to rely on anyone else to tell me what to do.

[Arazi]

12. Endorsements aren't persuasive for me. Never have been, never will

I think for myself. Personally I think anyone who votes based on endorsements is foolish

[WestSeattle2]

13. Endorsements are meaningless to

me. I make up my own mind based on my values.

[CentralMass]

14. I will vote. I always do. However I reserve the right to leave selections blank.

[vi5]

17. +1

Down ticket races are just as important as President.

If we had been focusing on our back bench more we wouldn't be in this shitty position right now.

[dem in texas]

43. I'm with you - I always vote

If the Democratic candidate is a crook or a girl-friend/wife beater, I will leave that slot blank, otherwise I vote Democrat on everything and in every election, no matter how minor.

Now I will get my box and have my say. When I was 21, married with two young children and very poor, I had to save from grocery money in order to be able to pay the poll tax so I could vote for the first time. It was a thrill for me when I cast my first vote, I think it was in 1962 Anyway, I always vote and serve on jury duty when called. These two rights are so important and you as a voter need to keep that in mind.

I am a history lover and always get a thrill reading about the American revolution and how those so called radicals stood up to the Brits, who viewed the 13 colonies as their cash cow. Also remember all the people who have fought and given their lives to protect our country and our rights. That should be enough to make you want to get in your car and drive to the polls to cast your vote, even if you are not happy with the candidate..

Hope you have early voting like we do here in Texas, it is the next best thing to sliced bread!

[LexVegas]

15. Yes. nt

[LeFleur1]

19. Of Course

I am a Democrat and unless the Democrat is far far away from the tenants of the Party, I will vote Democrat. If they were to run someone totally outside the party plans and ideas,party platform, or a bigot, or someone who appears to undermine the Constitution, or the country, then I would not vote for that Democrat.

If Donald Trump were running on the Democratic ticket I would not vote for him. But I might try to start a write in campaign naming a TRUE democrat to beat him. It would be a lot easier task today with the internet. Frankly, I don't understand why the Republicans have not done that after examining the talking points of their dim candidates.

[lapfog_1]

18. I vote Democratic

That said, my motives matter to me...

If my now preferred candidate is nominated, I am voting FOR them, if the other candidate wins, I am voting AGAINST the republican candidate as the lesser of two evils.

Why does this matter? Because I won't be sending money to the lesser of two evils... I won't be calling anyone to ask for them to support the nominee, I won't be telling my friends that they should vote for the Democrat.

[Nonhlanhla]

21. I always like to think of its as voting for the greater good

rather than the lesser evil, i.e., for the sake of others. Feels less negative that way.

[2pooped2pop]

20. Nice try

[TCJ70]

22. It's easy for Hillary supporters to go over to Sanders...

...should he win. They have nothing to lose. All of his policies are further left than hers, and his position on foreign policy is "lead with strength, not force" which most agree with.

Sanders supporters have it rougher should Clinton be the nominee and much to lose. Even if Bernie were to endorse Hillary, which I think he would given who he is, I would have a hard time with it and it isn't getting easier as the days go by.

[marions ghost]

46. That distinction seems to be true

HARD for Bernie supporters to imagine voting for Clinton..."and it isn't getting any easier as the days go by..." ditto on that.

I would feel sick at having to vote for Clinton. I don't hate her as a person--she did what she had to do in a sick corrupted system. She's as flawed as the system. If not Hillary, it would be someone else like her we'd be asked to support. All the "good things" she has done don't make up for her record on the issues that matter to me.

There are a lot of days left to see what happens.

[Agschmid]

23. Yes.

But loyalty oaths suck. I'm sticking with that.

[HassleCat]

24. I will vote for Clinton

I'm assuming the conventional wisdom regarding today is correct, and Sanders will be out of it by tomorrow. I'm also assuming Clinton will run a little to the right, but not too far. I will not vote for a Democrat who caves in to the right wing and chases their votes all over the political landscape. So my vote is Hillary's to lose. She has it right now.

[whatchamacallit]

25. I will vote my conscience and mine alone

All other considerations, endorsements and rationales are immaterial.

[Orsino]

26. There ya go. n/t

[MynameisBlarney]

27. Of course.

No matter who gets the Democratic nomination. Not voting only elects GOTP'ers.

[RealAmericanDem]

39. + 1000

[drm604]

28. The Democratic candidate has my vote regardles of which one it is.

[tkmorris]

29. You're adorable

[Kip Humphrey]

30. I vote with my own heart and mind, not with someone else's. Endorsements are irrelevant.

[still_one]

31. I will vote for the Democratic nominee. I decide on my own, not through endorsements

[Corey_Baker08]

33. Hell Yeah!

[grossproffit]

34. Voting for our nominee!

[democrank]

35. I`ll vote in November

but as a matter of conscience, not for anyone who voted for the Iraq War or who supports the death penalty.

[GoneFishin]

37. Yep. ^^This^^

[Impedimentus]

36. No commitment for Hillary. I will vote for congressional and local candidates.

Don't know. It will take a lot of convincing. I didn't like Clinton in 2008 and I like her a lot less now. if the American public needs a good kick in the teeth to see how the corporatist shill candidates in both parties have played them, so be it.

Most endorsements aren't worth 2¢ to me.

[merrily]

38. Yet another loyalty oath/bait the Bernie Supporters thread! Lost count: Does this make 4,0682?

I will say this much, Senator Joe: I have never voted for President based upon an endorsement and I very much doubt I ever will. I find both amusing and bemusing the suggestion that, because I want someone to be President, I also want him to direct any aspect of my life. I'm not a Stepford sheeple.

Pardon me if I don't thank you for asking.

[Nye Bevan]

44. I'm confused. My post is equally applicable to Hillary and Bernie supporters.

Should Hillary not get the nomination, I expect to vote for the person she endorses for November. Your hostility confuses me.

[merrily]

45. uh huh. It's sheer coincidence that this type of thread proliferates when Hillary's numbers

and/or projections spike. Also sheer coincidence that no one posts them but Hillary's supporters (unless a Bernie supporter is mirroring).

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511381332

Mine wasn't the first post of its kind on this thread. Those who posted before me didn't confuse you?

BTW, don't conflate exposing or humor or mocking with hostility.

[Nye Bevan]

57. I don't set much store by "numbers and projections".

Either candidate can still win this thing.

[RufusTFirefly]

83. +1

Hillary Clinton is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known.

[rjsquirrel]

41. Of course eom

[JustAnotherGen]

42. Yep

[Chichiri]

47. Yes, provided my preferred candidate endorses the Dem nominee. nt

[Bettie]

48. Yes.

Though, to be honest, there have been several Clinton people right here on DU who have said that Sanders supporters are neither needed nor wanted.

[Lizzie Poppet]

49. Not even with a gun to my head.

I acknowledge that my candidate can make mistakes...and endorsing a corporatist would be one of them. If we were on speaking terms, I'd chide him for "going along to get along" and move on.

But Hillary remains what she is: a neoliberal with no honest commitment to my key progressive issues. My state's not remotely in play, so I have the luxury of not caring one bit if she's the slightly-less-shitty choice. My GE choice is rendered irrelevant by the Electoral College. I'll vote (or not vote, in terms of the presidential slot) as my conscience dictates.

But the primary isn't over. Despite the huge momentum advantage of all these early conservative state primaries, Hillary hasn't won yet.

[Codeine]

50. Of course.

It's what I always do because I always back a loser in the primaries. For once my preferred horse is leading. Quite confusing.

[Gregorian]

51. Why is it always Hillary voters who ask this?

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

65. IMHO, the Hillary republicans want a purge of DU.

And in pure Ari Fleisure mode take down what is said now.

[Lizzie Poppet]

74. If she gets the nomination, the loyalty tests around here will begin within minutes.

I doubt I'll bother to hang around to witness (and probably earn my own tombstone). The Hillary cabal will be making sure this is no longer a progressive-friendly site.

[Agnosticsherbet]

52. Unless I am dead, I will vote in November for the Democratic Nominee.

This is not a loyalty oath.

It is enlightened self interest.

[metroins]

53. I'll vote D no matter who wins

I mean, I think Trump is fun and all but I don't want a crazy person at the helm.

He reminds me of Kim Jung Un.

[michaz]

54. Yes! I am a Democrat and have no desire to see a Republican in any office. n/t

[Hoyt]

55. I'm going to sulk, sit home, and protest by allowing Trump or some similar right winger to win.

[mike_c]

56. yes, and I'll be voting for a woman...

...presuming that Dr. Jill Stein is on the ballot in California, where I live.

[bkkyosemite]

58. Another Hillary supporter asking the same question again.

I wonde

[Svafa]

59. I will vote

for congressional and local candidates. I am currently weighing my options on how I will vote with respect to the presidential candidates.

[Logical]

60. Hillary fans say they dont need bernie supporters.

[LanternWaste]

67. Firmly supporting your allegations with little but the zeal of the faithful and passionate.

Firmly supporting your allegations with little but the zeal of the faithful and passionate.


(I'm using words as simplistic as possible to prevent any further child-like emails from you written in truncated petulance... oops-- which one got you this time? 'Truncated' or 'petulance'?)

[Logical]

71. Hey, my thesaurus loving stalker! I have missed your ramblings! Nt

[Android3.14]

61. You should bookmark this post when the DNC/DLC/HRC blame the voters for not showing up

But while you will be blaming voters, the rest of us will be blaming Hillary's supporters who browbeat the soul out of the Democratic Party.

Here is your slogan.

Vote Hillary. She's not a Republican (anymore).

Gee, what an inspiring campaign.

[VulgarPoet]

62. I don't know. I honestly don't.

My gut instinct is at war with the part of me that screams to sell out because it's slim margins better than Trump. All that is great for lyric writing, but my gut instinct keeps screaming to go down fighting, or what's the point?

I'm too fucking young for existential crises.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

63. I will be voting democratically.

[Jon Ace]

64. Ask again in July n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

66. I'll vote for my choice of candidates. I have the ability to think for myself.

If Hillary wins the nomination and Bernie endorses her, I'll respect his opinion, consider it, and then vote for the most progressive candidate on my ballot.

[jeff47]

68. Yay! Loyalty oaths!!

If you respect someone enough that they are your preferred candidate, I would think that their endorsement would carry a lot of weight with you.

I vote based on policy. Not on what other people say about a candidate.

[MrsKirkley]

69. This is a tough one for me since I'm against establishment politics and free trade.

Bernie Sanders wants to expand Medicare, which would get rid of those high deductibles many low income full time workers can't afford. Remember, cost sharing subsidies that lower deductibles aren't available to low income full time workers because they are offered health insurance through their employers. Deductibles of employer provided health insurance are NOT income based, yet being offered health insurance through an employer makes workers ineligible for subsidies. Deductibles aren't even a factor in the affordability test. Bernie Sanders is also against free trade deals that send jobs overseas and destroy the US economy. If Bernie Sanders doesn't win, I have to choose between not voting (which will help Trump), and voting for someone who will keep a health care law that does little to help low income full time workers. At least the law makes denials over pre-existing conditions illegal. Because I don't want to see the return of pre-existing conditions, I will vote for Hillary Clinton if Bernie Sanders doesn't win. I like Hillary Clinton, but I wish she wanted to expand Medicare and get us out of these free trade agreements.

[restorefreedom]

70. oh goody, another loyalty oath.

how quaint.

[casperthegm]

72. If you're looking for confirmation of blind allegiance

to the party then you're going to end up disappointed. My ideals align themselves strongly with the democratic party. That said, we had a democratic congressman down here in NC a number of years ago who faced possible indictment and had a poor voting record. Should I have been expected to vote for him?

He was later indicted and went to jail btw.

[Contrary1]

73. I'm not swayed one way or the other by endorsements.

I don't need some politician, multi- millionaire, or Hollywood big name to tell me what is in my best interest.

Yes, I will be voting in November, regardless of who is the candidate.

[ghostsinthemachine]

76. Yep, can't wait

But for now, I will support Bernie.😀😀😀

[One of the 99]

78. Yes

Any Dem is better than anyone the GOP has to offer.

[WDIM]

79. I will vote for the person that best represents my interests

And it will not be Trump or Hillary.

[beachbum bob]

80. the question isn't on who you support....

the question will be, do you want a trump (or any conservative) sitting in the whitehouse with his finger sitting "on the button".....? America would be so very different today if nader supporters cared more for their country, then their own "self-interest"....8 yrs of bush/cheney was brought to america because of that selfish "voting my principles" bullcrap

[hamsterjill]

81. Absolutely without question.

I'll be voting, and I'll be voting for the Democratic candidate.

Anything less that that is simply not acceptable for discussion on this board.

[longship]

82. Only a mad person would throw away their vote.

Or somebody who thinks it is all about them and not the best thing for the country no matter if one does not gets ones way.

Politics is, and always has been about compromise.

In the meantime, I am going to vote for Bernie in the MI primary next Tuesday and will unhesitatingly vote for the November Democratic Party nominee.

[heaven05]

85. HELL YES!!

[salinsky]

86. Certainly, ...

... and, I will vote for the Democratic candidate whoever he or she may be.

The choices are too stark and the consequences too dire to anything else.

[Depaysement]

87. We'll see how it plays out, now won't we?

It's a little early to have this discussion.

[Vinca]

90. No. I expect to vote against the Republicans.

The thought of voting for Hillary almost makes me physically ill, but if it has to be done to save the country from Trump, it has to be done.

[intheozone]

91. I'll vote for the Dem candidate regardless of who it is.

Not voting for the Dem is equal to voting for the Republican and I could not do that. No person in their right mind should do that.

[Betty Karlson]

92. I respect Sanders a lot, but I don't agree with him on every issue.

For instance, he seems to like Clinton a lot better than I do.