I won't vote for a Democratic candidate in the primaries who sends a divisive message that divides

[still_one]

Democrats, whether by word or actions.

In my view we need a candidate who can unite DEMOCRATS, not divide them

The last thing we need is a candidate who divides Democrats.

[WeekiWater]

1. Depends how it's done.

I’m all for pretty tough primaries. Specially at the Presidential level. Is highlighting your opponents vote on the Iraq war divisive? Is highlighting your opponents past vote against a pathway to citizenship divisive?

It’s up to the nominee and those she beats to pull it all back together for the general. 😁

I am feeling really good that all but Sanders are the type of people who will pull it all together for the general. There are things they can do and say that will greatly influence their supporters to get behind the nominee. Most voters will anyways. Sanders history is clear. He works to build one coalition. His own.

[Blue_true]

2. I really have faith that our primary will shake all that out.

Voters will get to compare and contrast.

Like another poster wrote, the only person in the field that I have concerns about getting onboard for the General if he is not the nominee is Bernie. Early signs are somewhat discouraging in that aspect.

[watoos]

3. I can highlight negative things about all of our candidates,

none of them are pure if that's the test we are looking for, purity tests are what Republicans do.

I choose to not speak negatively about any of our candidates, they can fight it out among themselves in the primary.

If Bernie wins I will robustly support him and donate money to him. If he loses I will robustly support our winner and donate money to him/her.

[Maru Kitteh]

5. So, you think this is about Bernie? Why is that?

Funny that a thread about dividing Dems and being divisive brought Bernie immediately to mind . . . .

[BlueFlorida]

4. Absolutely!

100%

[betsuni]

6. Absolutely. Unity and optimism are vital.

I also want candidates to get the facts straight. The Democrat did not lose the last election because the party was only running against Trump. The opposite, the Democrat was set up as a caricature for people to vote against, not the Republican.

[Cha]

7. Excellent point, betsuni. I'm surprised

Buttigieg didn't notice that.

Facts are vital, too!

[dalton99a]

8. +1

[marylandblue]

11. That's an opinion, not a fact.

But his point was about messaging rather than reality. It's not that we had no policies to tout. It's that the policy was lost in our visceral hatred of Trump.

[Cha]

9. I don't want anyone who

tears down others to make themselves look better.

Or anyone who thinks their Ego is more important than our Planet.

I want a President who is inclusive, smart, courageous, and doesn't hire 3rd party "attack dogs" to divide our party.

Sanders Promised Civility but Hired Twitter Attack Dog - The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/03/sanders-promised-civility-hired-twitter-attack-dog/585259/

Link to tweet

Second, a lot of Bernie Sanders supporters weren’t big fans of Clinton. So Stein campaigning on the idea that Clinton and Trump were similar made it harder for Clinton to win over those voters — even if Sanders voters didn’t vote for Stein, they may have stayed home out of disgust.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/jill-stein-democratic-spoiler-or-scapegoat/

Oh and they'd better be Full on Transparency..

Link to tweet

[MrsCoffee]

10. K&R

[NurseJackie]

12. I won't vote for any candidate who continually shits on the Democratic party...

I won't vote for any candidate who continually shits on the Democratic party by calling the party "corrupt" or "feeble" or "ideologically bankrupt". Or who insinuates that there's "no difference" between Democrats and the GOP.

That kind of negative talk serves NO good purpose at all. Negativity generates apathy. Apathy discourages voter turnout. Low voter turnout gives Republicans a chance to steal the elections.

[Hortensis]

13. Agree, absolutely the same here.

All our candidates have pledged to commit themselves to electing a Democrat to the presidency and other Democrats to hundreds of other offices. That starts now, not after a year of lies, smears and other hostile attacks.