Before Bernie Sanders, were you about to give up on the Democratic Party?

[LongTomH]

Bernie's gift has been bringing formerly disillusioned voters into (or back into) the Democratic Party. Are you one of them?

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	No, I haven't considered giving up on the Democratic Party
	0 (0%)
	No, but, I've been very dissatisfied with the way the party has been going
	5 (21%)
	I was very, very close to giving up on the party
	2 (8%)
	I had given up on the party; but, Bernie is making me reconsider
	13 (54%)
	I'm an Independent or 3rd party voter and I support Bernie Sanders
	3 (13%)
	Other
	1 (4%)
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[SoapBox]

1. If...for some weird reason...

He is not the nominee...

I'm switching to "Undeclared" in California.

[Demeter]

2. I was so badly burned by Obama/Clinton, I changed affiliation for more pay

but I'm feeling the Bern, now, and it feels just fine!

[fredamae]

3. I'm NAV after more

than 5 decades of "being" a very loyal Dem voter, albeit naïve in retrospect.

[Maedhros]

4. I was a registered Socialist, but re-registered as a Democrat to vote for Bernie in the primary.

Will likely switch back after. because in general I don't support the Democratic Party's agenda of rightward drift while scolding liberals.

Why belong to a party that doesn't want to listen to me?

[TBF]

5. Became a registered dem in 2008 to support Obama -

and happy I left it in place because now I can caucus for Bernie.

If he doesn't get the nomination I'm changing it to Indy.

[haikugal]

6. Same here...everything you said.

[pinebox]

7. registered indy here

[bvar22]

8. I registered with the Democratic Party in 1967.

I was very proud of the legacy left by FDR....and, later, LBJ.

I am NOT proud of what passes for the Democratic Party today. The reasons I joined for have all been abandoned by The Party. (FDR's 2nd Bill of Rights).
I am sick of being lied to from the Presidential Podium, and from the (never meant to be kept) Campaign Promises.


I may leave the Party if another Corporate sponsored candidate wins the nomination.

[RoccoR5955]

17. I feel the same way.

Only I registered when I was 18 in 1973.

[Autumn]

9. Other switched from Democrat to Unaffiliated, Bernie announced switched back to D since

I live in a caucus state. Win or lose, whatever happens after Bernie I switch back to Unaffiliated.

[Admiral Loinpresser]

10. I can see no reason to remain a Democrat, unless

Bernie is the nominee. People are leaving both parties in droves for similar reasons. That's why the two idiots (Trump and Carson) have a shot at the GOP nomination.

The whole system is insane and obscene.

Revolution, one way or another, is the only path. The oligarchs will not willingly give up power. We were close to revolution in 1933 before FDR started rolling out the New Deal. "Fear Itself," written by an NYT reporter, recounts FDR's first 100 days and documents the fear of revolution considered by some cabinet members.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

11. Eh, a mix.

I basically don't do 'party' any more, but I still end up voting almost exclusively for Democratic candidates. But I've voted from the 'issues' ballot a couple of times, rather than the Dem ballot. I'll be back to the Dem ballot this time, but don't know that I'll continue to vote in it again, unless there's a chance to vote for a real progressive against an establishment candidate again in future.

[FlatBaroque]

12. Declared myself no longer a Democrat the day Rahm Emanuel was hired by Obama.

Never looked back.

[SandersDem]

13. registered to vote in 1975

registered D, only one in my family to do so, so have been debating Republicans my entire life. Became a 4/4 staright D voter, Jimmy Carter's work after he left office to me just showed the character of that man, he has been showing it ever since. When he passes, I will weep. Reagan really solidified me in opposition to all Republicans. In the 90s, I relocated from CA and a liberal area which was just awesome to come to AZ and just thin wtf all of the time. In 2002, I actually ran for statewide office, winning a primary race, but losing in the general, numbers were a bit stacked.

I supported BC and noticed this pattern of Democratic candidates appeasing the progressives and as soon as they won the primary, moved straight to the center "because they had to win that general"....the problem was from that, we got shit like NAFTA, DADT, DOMA and more. I was very proud to be the first straight candidate to be fully endorsed by the Human Rights Campaign here in AZ.

I later worked for Kerry and then Obama as much as I could. For the last 13 years, I have been consumed by my work and travel all over the US. I give Obama complete credit for many of the things he has done since W left this country on the brink. His admin has worked real miracles in the face of stiff competition from the House. That being said, the ONE thing that upsets me more than anything is the banks and wall street's influence and I know that O will not go far enough and I believe he may have made some deal with the devil to get elected for his second term. Overall, I am very proud of what most of his legacy will be, but remember this, he defeated a third way candidate the first time. The second time, I believe he may have embraced them and that is discouraging to think.

Now in this election, I am supporting a truly ONCE IN A LIFETIME candidate. I do not believe I will ever have a chance again to vote for someone like Sanders, so I am going all out. Bernie Sanders is not a socialist, he exemplifies the very soul of the old Democratic Party, the Party I used to be proud of, but I just am not anymore. I am beginning to loath politics, but know that my vote absolutely fucking matters as well as my money.

Should Sanders not be the nominee, I will not vote the top of the ticket. I will not vote for the same old shit. I will hope that my lonely refusal to cast a vote for a Third way candidate just might send a wake up message to the Party to knock it the fuck off. And you know what, If it's HRC and somebody tells me that if I do not vote for her we will get someone like Rubio or Carson or Trump, I will look them in the eye and tell them I do not fucking care one bit because in order for me to actually retire I have to move to god damn Costa Rica.

[FiveGoodMen]

14. I HAVE given up on the Democratic Party

Bernie is very much the exception and not the rule.

[swilton]

15. Wonderful thread and discussion

More of the same!

[Pastiche423]

16. I left the party in 2004

after the media killed Dean's chances.

I re-registered as a Dem the day after Bernie announced.

I will go back to being unaffiliated after the primary.