Will you seriously consider not voting for the Democratic candidate in the general election?

[Onlooker]

Poll question: Will you seriously consider not voting for the Democratic candidate in the general election?

[MethuenProgressive]

1. Proud to be the first vote for "I will vote for the Democratic nominee"

:dem:

[msongs]

2. only for obama or clinton with the understanding that either may be better than any repub

obama the divider or clinton the dynastic inheritor. well, there may be worse choices somewhere.

Msongs

[sellitman]

6. So you stay home?

Or write in?

Or vote Repiggy?

[LostinVA]

3. My my my

:popcorn:

[sandyd921]

4. If it's Hillary I'll vote for her but

I won't work for her. I'll focus on local and state candidates.

[Arugula Latte]

11. Ditto. nt

[sellitman]

5. Whoever won't doesn't get it.

I have about 25 DUers on my ignore list who have stated they won't.

They are all scum

[yellowdogintexas]

7. no way in hell I would sit out a presidential election & no way in hell I would vote for a Republica

I have said this before, the worst possible nominee on the D side has more smarts in his/her pinky finger than the whole lot of the R side combined.

Don't trust a one of them, couldn't allow myself to vote for any of them.

Whomever we nominate ..will have my vote.

[MrSlayer]

8. There is no real choice. You have to vote for the Democrat.

Because the alternative is worse in every case. Voting for the Republican is out of the question and either not voting or voting third party helps the Republican win. It just sucks that I'll most likely be voting against someone than for someone.

[Joe the Revelator]

9. A (D) next to someones name doesn't earn them my vote

I like to , you know, take their policies into account as well.

[1corona4u]

10. I agree, and I'm an Independent....and I don't have to do anything...

so, I can say that there is one I absolutely will not vote for, and they jury is still out on the other....

[ShadesOfGrey]

12. I will be pouting for a couple of days but I'll get over it and vote D.

I'll take any of them over the alternative.

[ThomWV]

13. It is dam near a Patriotic Duty to vote Democratic in the next election, but I'd like to have a say

I'd just like to have a say in who the nominee is.

[donheld]

14. Voting for anyone other than a Democrat

is out of the question. It's about the supreme court.

[Kucinich4America]

15. If the Democratic party wants my vote in the General Election, it's as easy as ABC.

I have some serious concerns about Obama's lack of experience. I wonder if Edwards' actions will match his rhetoric. I have a real hard time with Joe Biden signing a PNAC document, and that goddamned bankruptcy bill. I don't know whether or not Bill Richardson has distanced himself enough from the days when Sean Hannity would bring him on to FAUX Noize as his "good friend". Chris Dodd? I think he'd make a great Senate majority leader, but as a "New England liberal" he's automatically targeted for extinction by the right wing.

Serious concerns with all of those guys, but I would take the gamble and vote for them in the General Election.

I cannot go there with Hillary. Too much pandering. Too much "triangulating" and I'm no fan of dynasties.

No Hillary. period. And if you think that makes ME less of a Democrat, what the fuck does it make HER?

[sellitman]

20. It makes you a bonus vote for whoever the Repggies choose.

It also makes you dissapear.

Ignored!

[Kucinich4America]

25. I'm not voting for any repukes

Including the one with a (D) after her name. So you know what you can do with that strawman.

There's 8 candidates running and I'd vote for 7 of them if I had to. If those odds aren't good enough for you, then make sure your guy (or one of the other acceptable candidates) gets the nomination.

[robcon]

16. Remote possiblility: I will not vote for Kucinich.

I will vote for any of the other Democratic candidates.

[rucky]

17. The fact that someone's asking this every day suggests that...

there might be some serious problems with the party. And we all know it, or else nobody would be asking.

I'm more interested in what happens AFTER we vote for the Democrat.

[LWolf]

18. Other: yes, I will seriously consider it.

That consideration will not begin until after the convention in August, when there is a nominee to consider. The identity of the nominee will determine whether or not I will definitely go elsewhere in the GE, whether I will consider going elsewhere in the GE, whether I will grudgingly offer a vote, or whether I'm on board all the way.

[robcon]

21. The candidate will be known long before August.

Unless something unusual comes up, the candidate will be known on Feb 6.

[LWolf]

26. In that case, since my primary is not until May 20th,

I don't need to bother with the primary, either. If every Democrats' vote is not equal, then the Democratic Party doesn't need mine in either race.

In reality, there is no nominee until the convention, and I have no intention of making any decisions until that time. Hopefully, the rest of the party values my vote more than you do.

[Diamonique]

19. I strongly hope...

... that my candidate is the nominee.

But if that doesn't turn out to be the case, the whoever is our nominee will become my candidate and will definitely get my vote.

Not voting, or voting for a third party, is simply unthinkable. Either of those would be the same as casting a vote for the Rethuglican, which is simply not an option.

[LostinVA]

24. Excellent post -- and welcome to DU

I'm not a Dem (DSA), but whomever is the nominee will get my vote.

[calteacherguy]

22. Absolutely consider it if there is a viable third party run.

I will under no circumstances vote for the Republican nominee.

[bridgit]

23. "I will vote for the Democratic nominee"...depending...