The exodus of Bernie supporters from JJ did not go over well among Iowa Ds.

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317. I couldn't agree with you more.

And as I get tired of reminding people (but I'm sure you remember), Gore in 2000 was a lousy candidate. Today, I would probably vote for 2015 Gore, but 2000 Gore, not so much. But that's really beside the point. I've been shit on by the Democratic party my entire voting life, because they've taken the tack that they can move as far to the right as they want, since lefties like me have nowhere else to go. The spite I then feel when I vote for a third party makes voting for a non-Democrat twice as satisfying, to be sure; in fact, I had been registered as an independent, but in 2004, after what the Democrats did to Howard Dean, I switched and registered as a Democrat so that when I voted for Nader, "it would sting more". (Obviously, no one but me was ever going to know, but GOD, did it feel good.)

IRV or RCV (which is what they prefer to call it in San Francisco, where my experience with it comes from) is actually a CONSTRUCTIVE solution to the problem. You get to have it both ways, and people like me aren't reduced to lashing out petulantly in the privacy of the voting booth (and admittedly, bragging about it to a few friends); you can support the party you lean towards generally without sacrificing your principles, and how could that POSSIBLY be anything but positive for voter turn-out?

Of course, Hillary wouldn't have a fucking PRAYER if we had national RCV.