Bernie, Hillary, or Martin

[charlie and algernon]

12 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	Bernie!
	9 (75%)
	Hillary!
	2 (17%)
	Martin!
	1 (8%)
	Other!
	0 (0%)
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[Liberal_in_LA]

1. Martin who?

[Jackpine Radical]

2. O'Malley, I presume.

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. thx

[Quackers]

7. The Martian, of course!

Oh wait, that was Marvin.

[freshwest]

12. That guy was a warmonger, though... n/t

[Scootaloo]

9. ...Ouch

[brooklynite]

4. Is there a point to a preference poll that will have no bearing on the actual Primary?

[MADem]

6. Nothing is new under the sun.

This is a DU tradition. Look at the runaway favorite a few years ago:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3652525


There's gonna be shitflilnging until one of the admins calls a flag on the play! All you can do is and ....!

[woo me with science]

5. A poll trying very hard to split the liberal vote so that the Third Way will appear more popular.

Yet Bernie still rules.

[JI7]

8. i might write in obama

[freshwest]

14. Or Van Jones. Brilliant man. n/t

[madokie]

10. I'm surprised there is even a need to have a choice in this one

Bernie stands out so clearly as the leader in all this. Why waste our time on the others at all?

[DFW]

11. Wow, 32 out of 45 votes

The other 60+ million Democrats out there might just as well not bother holding primaries, I guess........

Not to belittle this poll, but there are a lot of Democrats not on DU (like about 99.99999% of them) who will have a chance to vote their choice in the primaries, and will not consult us or post their preferences on here.

This result is not yet a reason to be slapping ourselves on the back. Remember the 51 days.

[demwing]

13. I vote Martin

Because I want Hillary to come in 3rd...

[Donald Ian Rankin]

15. For candidate, president or dictator?

For candidate? Either Clinton or O'Malley, but definitely not Sanders. The former two would be merely likely to lose the election; the latter would be absolutely 100% certain to.

For president? I don't think it will make much difference until 2020, because the Republicans will still control the House and probably the Senate, and I don't think there would be much difference in terms of the compromises the three candidates will be able to get.

For dictator, or for president in a mythical world where they could implement whatever policies they chose? Probably Sanders over Clinton - Clinton is moving left, but I think not enough for my taste. I haven't looked at Sanders' positions on economics in detail,. though, so there's a slight caveat there. I don't know enough about O'Malley's stances to rank him compared to the other two, but I suspect he's intermediate.

[FSogol]

16. Why O'Malley?

Here's why I support him:

Martin O'Malley:

1. Ended death penalty in Maryland
2. Prevented fracking in Maryland and put regulations in the way to prevent next GOP Gov Hogan fom easily allowing fracking.
3. Provided health insurance for 380,000
4. Reduced infant mortality to an all time low.
5. Provided meals to thousands of hungry children and moved toward a goal for eradicating childhood hunger.
6. Enacted a $10.10 living wage and a $11. minimum wage for State workers.
7. Supporter of the Dream Act
8. Cut income taxes for 86% of Marylanders (raised taxes on the rich).
9. Reformed Maryland’s tax code to make it more progressive.
10. Enacted some of the nation’s most comprehensive reforms to protect homeowners from foreclosure.

There is a lot more, but I'll only add that Mother Jones magazine called him the best candidate on environmental issues.
Article here:
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/12/martin-omalley-longshot-presidential-candidate-and-real-climate-hawk

[elleng]

17. Thanks.

[99Forever]

18. I might be wrong...

... but I think I'm seeing a trend.

[Bradical79]

19. Passed

Leaning towards Bernie at the moment but I don't know a lot of specifics about him, no nothing about Martin, and posts made here and other places have soured me on Hillary.

[John Poet]

20. Bernie!

[Corey_Baker08]

21. Hillary :-)

The Only Democratic Candidate Who Can Actually Win The General Election...

[hrmjustin]

22. Hillary

[chknltl]

23. Well this is gonna need some KnR-ing.

This Sanders supporter is happy to oblige.