One more vote for Bernie

[matt819]

A Bernie canvasser came to the door this afternoon. I told him I was in the Bernie camp but that my vote would be offset by my wife's vote for Hillary. After a few minutes talking to my wife, she decided to switch to Bernie. After all, a Bernie supporter came to our very rural door. Haven't had any Hillary canvassers brave the cold. So that's one more for Bernie.

Then my wife called one of our millennial children. He asked, why would you vote for anyone other than Bernie? What a kid! I must have raised him right.

[99th_Monkey]

1. My gf changed her registration to D in OR, so she can vote for Bernie.

It's happening..

[thereismore]

2. Awesome! A switch is essentially 2 votes for Bernie.

[angrychair]

3. Great news!

Have 3 Bernie voted in my house...would be 4 but my younger isn't voting age yet

[onecaliberal]

4. 3 in my house.

[libdem4life]

5. I think this is how Revolutions are started...and take hold. Not talking down, but talking up.

[SoapBox]

6. And the storm continues...

Good for her...and you too.

[retrowire]

7. Nice! nt

[Duval]

8. I'm sure it put a smile on your face. Good news, matt819

[SheilaT]

9. And to think that Bernie

has no ground game in Iowa. Or at least that's what we're being told with great confidence by the Hillary people.

[MuseRider]

10. Very cool!

Nobody ever comes out to our rural farm area. I would be stunned to have my doorbell ring if I was not expecting someone.

We have 2 here caucusing for Bernie, our 2 sons are about 65 miles away in another state and they are both voting the primary for Bernie.

[matt819]

12. Now that a think about it

We never get visitors. Had a couple of religious fokks once of twice. That's about it. But now that I'm thinking about it, we did have a mother-daughter team here canvassing for this African-American guy in 2008.

[sarge43]

11. Excellent

Two in this house.

A Bernie canvasser came here today. Before he got started, I told him my husband and I were feeling the burn and we'd be voting 9 Feb. I think I made his day.

[Uncle Joe]

13. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the sharing, matt.

[SCantiGOP]

14. Your wife must really have some strong political convictions

And I don't doubt that one vote will swing the election.

A lot of people here are becoming more and more detached from reality.

[Punkingal]

15. One vote at a time...that's how it's done. They add up.

[SCantiGOP]

16. Yes they do

I don't mean this to sound combative or nasty, but my vote counts more than most just because I live in an early voting state, SC.
The primary system really sucks. Why should four atypical states like Iowa, NH, SC and Nevada get to (usually) pick the nominees?

[Punkingal]

17. I don't know...tradition mostly, I guess.

I don't know what the answer is to that...I live in MN and we vote on March 1, along with a lot of other states. I still consider my vote important.

[SCantiGOP]

18. But it skews the process

MN has little in common with any of the first few primary states. We used to let the state Democratic parties in the South ban black voters, even though the only real election was that primary (talking about the Solid South of the first half of the 20th Century).
Same thing with these early primary states. Just because it is tradition I don't think it's a good thing that my state of SC has such an exaggerated role in selecting the nominees, and I think it denies equal protection to the voters in other states.

[Punkingal]

19. Sorry if you misunderstood...I am not arguing with your point.

I just don't know what the solution is.

[SCantiGOP]

20. There is a solution

Just like we took away the power of the Parties to ignore the federal law in "their" primaries, take away their power to set the schedule.
I would much rather have your state selecting the nominees than mine. Al Franken is a whole lot better than Trey Gowdy (or Strom Thurmond).

[Punkingal]

21. That would require a revolution.

[SCantiGOP]

22. Since more states get screwed

by the current system than enjoy it, I just don't understand why there's not more concern about this.
Iowa is corn, NH is half tea party and half Canada, Nevada is financed by brothels and casinos, and half of SC wishes they were still in the Confederacy. Why do they get to choose?
Change that system, end political gerrymandering, and take the big money out of campaigns and you would have a revolution.