Does the overall tone of a candidate's supporters affect your choice?

[FlyingSquirrel]

Poll question: Does the overall tone of a candidate's supporters affect your choice?

Please don't let this one degenerate into a hate-fest for any particular candidate... just vote in the poll and discuss your feelings without naming names.

[Catherine Vincent]

1. Not at all.

But their negative tone definitely educated me about them, mostly long time DUers.

[Missy M]

2. It's affecting me with one of the candidates.....

and I'm hoping he won't be the nominee. I would still vote for that candidate because I want the Dem's to win but it won't be easy.

[AlCzervik]

3. not at all, it makes me think less of the supporters.

i think some canidates are poorly served by some of the people who support them.

[gateley]

4. I've found that when supporters are positive, I'm inclined to think more

positively about their candidates. But interestingly, negative supporters don't make me discount their candidates. :shrug:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

5. When someone posts an attack on my candidate

I ask politely who they are supporting. Then I think, "Boy, if Candidate X knew how rude his/her supporters are, Candidate X would hang his/her head in shame."

[OKNancy]

6. It taints my respect for their candidate and makes me

really dislike the poster.

[maxanne]

7. one candidate

has noxious supporters, which does influence my feelings about the candidate - not that I'd ever vote for him.

Ron Paul :puke:

[peace13]

8. No, but certain candidates tend to have more *hitheads

for supporters. I have noticed that. Peace, Kim