Just voted straight D in Colorado

[DavidDvorkin]

We have mail-in ballots. It's all so quick and easy, even with the various referred amendments.

Ages ago, we used to have a way of voting a straight party ticket. That made it even easier.

[shenmue]

1. Yes!

Hooray!

[DavidDvorkin]

2. My wife did the same

And our son and his girlfriend will surely do so, as well.

So that's four votes for the reasonably good guys and against the monsters.

[shenmue]

3. Yes!

Thank you.

[freshwest]

12. +1

[benddem]

4. we don't have a straight party ballot

in OR, but I just voted for all the Dems. Mail in is the only way to go.

[DavidDvorkin]

5. They took that option off the Colorado ballots ages ago

I don't even remember what the argument was for doing that, but I wish they'd bring the option back.

[world wide wally]

6. I just dropped off three mail-in ballots for me , my wife, and my daughter, all straight "D"

We had Dem workers visit our house three times in the past two weeks and I hope this is going on everywhere around the state.
We better pull this out in Colorado.

[DavidDvorkin]

7. I'm worried.

[rock]

8. Straight D is better than crooked R

Way to go!

[madamesilverspurs]

9. We were ridiculously gerrymandered here in Colorado's 4th CD.

Ken Buck isn't even trying, assuming that the R next to his name will be sufficient for him to gain the seat being vacated by Cory Gardner. He's "campaigning" at Republican groups and friendly chambers of commerce. But door to door, not so much.

Meanwhile, our guy Vic Meyers is getting callouses on his knuckles from knocking on doors from the Wyoming border to the New Mexico state line. He has been relentless in meeting and talking with as many people as he can across the district.


As for Gardner, he's given us four years of nothing. If you aren't from Fox news or big oil, he won't give you the time of day. He's no friend of women or minorities (a sad reality that Buck would quadruple). During his tenure he has been remarkably invisible in the district. In contrast, Mark Udall has been a frequent visitor, willing to listen and answer questions, including several conversations with yours truly. A senator works for the entire state, yet Gardner can't be bothered to listen to even one district. Hands down, Udall respects the job and the people he works for; Gardner does neither.

So, yeah, I filled out my ballot as soon as it arrived. Voted for our terrific Dems. Delivered the ballot on Thursday.

Now it's back to the phone bank.

[Vots]

10. I hope you

I hope everybody who's just checking D isn't doing so without vetting these candidates and actually knowing who you're voting for.

[DavidDvorkin]

11. Yawn.

[Vots]

15. :/

Dangerous

[DavidDvorkin]

16. Don't make assumptions about the people here

And don't assume a position of intellectual superiority.

[Vots]

21. Haven't said anything like that

I don't know how you get that from my comments.

Simply said I hope people are vetting candidates and not just walking into the booth and voting straight party. That's not making an assumption, but a cautionary statement.

Then when I get replied back to with "yawn". That concerns me. It's not "intellectual superiority". It's a word of warning. I've seen people disguise their way to the nomination as soon as primaries are over. Once they get the nomination they flip, hardly anybody holds their flip-flopped positions accountable, and they get in with no trouble because they know we're just going to come in and vote straight party.

No! Tell them stick to the platform if you want our vote; they comply. Accountability. It's important.

[DavidDvorkin]

23. The yawn was in response

to your lecturing people who don't need that lecture. It's condescending and foolish.

[BlueDemKev]

17. If there is an 'R' next to a candidate's name...that's ALL the "vetting" I need to do.

And my vote will go to their OPPONENT.

[narnian60]

20. Yes, yes, and

oh, so yes.

[Vots]

22. And...

When a Democrat starts heading back to the right after the primary, that's okay? It happens too much, especially at the local and state level. After the primary, they know they can rely on straight party voters. Little do those voters know, the past 5 months they've flipped their positions on many issues. Simply paying attention, holding these people accountable, letting them know your vote isn't their if they aren't sticking to the platform, is all the persuasion they need.

Voting against the R isn't good enough. Your vote also needs to go to a real Democrat. Not a "moderate" who compromises with the Republicans.

[DavidDvorkin]

24. Read more on this site, and

you'll see plenty of complaints about Dems doing that. We're all well aware of the problem.

The GOP has gone so far off the deep end that the R next to the name has become enough reason to vote against that candidate. Certainly in Colorado, the subject of my OP up above, the D is sufficient reason to vote for that candidate.

[spyker29]

26. They're voting in the General...

Only one Democrat to vote for. Progressive, moderate, "real", or otherwise. And guaranteed it's a better choice than the republican.

[BlueDemKev]

30. A "moderate Democrat" is an EXTREME liberal by today's Republican standards

So I'll still vote for the Democratic candidate. I voted this week here in Georgia for Michelle Nunn and Jason Carter. Not hard-core liberals, but they would be a breath of fresh air compared to what we currently have.

[fizzgig]

13. dad, sister and i are all doing the same

husband always votes with us on the issues, but writes in absurdities for the races. i'm asking him this year to vote party line with us because things are so close. i'm not going to demand to see his ballot, but i am asking him to do it for me.

[tartan2]

14. In Michigan it's an "ABSENTEE VOTER BALLOT" and it's easy and it works

I just sent my vote and voted straight D...

[CrispyQ]

18. Dropping our ballots off at the County Clerk's today.

All D, all the way.

[DavidDvorkin]

19. Colorado has a ballot-tracking system

Which is pretty neat. I signed up a few years ago. Now I get an e-mail notification when my ballot has printed and mailed, and I get another e-mail notification when it's received at the county office.

[Greywing]

25. I did too ... Dropped my ballot off this evening

I hope Udall and Hickenlooper have a super-strong re-election.

[otohara]

27. I Did A Couple Write-In's

as protest votes.

Diana DeGette and Alec Garnett

[DavidDvorkin]

28. I'm in DeGette's district

No suspense there.

[Nevada Blue]

29. Early voted in Nevada today

and my 93 yr old mom in Wisconsin sent in her absentee ballot.

No straight ticket here either, but we only have the Congressional federal spot this year, everything else is state & local.

Not a huge crowd but we have 2 weeks of early voting and our polling place isn't in the main part of the city.