Will you support the nominee of the Democratic Party in the general election?

[Douglas Carpenter]

27 votes, 3 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	I am currently supporting Hillary Clinton for the nomination. But I will support Bernie Sanders in the general election if he should win the Party's nomination
	11 (41%)
	I am currently supporting Hillary Clinton for the nomination. But I will not support Bernie Sanders in the general election if he should win the Party's nomination.
	0 (0%)
	I am currently supporting Bernie Sanders for the nomination. But I will support Hillary Clinton in the general election if she should win the Party's nomination
	9 (33%)
	I am currently supporting Bernie Sanders for the nomination. But I will not support Hillary Clinton in the general election if she should win the Party's nomination.
	4 (15%)
	I am currently supporting Martin O'Malley for the nomination. But I will support whoever the nominee of the Party is.
	0 (0%)
	I am currently supporting Martin O'Malley for the nomination. But I will not necessarily support the nominee of the Party.
	0 (0%)
	I have not decided yet if I will support the nominee of the Party if my candidate does not win the nomination.
	1 (4%)
	A tender Rib Eye Steak cooked medium rare - not bloody but nice and pink on the inside is about as flavorful of a steak as anyone can expect
	2 (7%)
	3 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[polichick]

1. What's the point of this poll?

[Douglas Carpenter]

6. since it is one of the issues that frequently comes up

I thought it would be worthwhile to try gage where people actually are at.

This poll has no more or less point than any other poll.

[mmonk]

25. Setup

[me b zola]

39. Yes it is, and how sad.

[TSIAS]

46. I voted for the last option

I'm sure team Hillary Clinton at DU is logging how people voted and are preparing to use it later down the road.

[Douglas Carpenter]

49. set up for what? I'm a Bernie supporter 100%. One of the most common points of

discussion on this forum is what will people do if their candidate does not win the nomination. I understand the arguments for why some people don't want to support the nominee if it is not Hillary. I don't personally agree. But they have a right to their opinion. The have a right to answer the poll or not answer it. There is really no need to be so paranoid. It sounds just a little bit crazy you know.

[yeoman6987]

53. I find it nice that Hillary supporters will support Bernie

However the other way around is not as kind.

[polichick]

61. In America people can still vote for the candidate of their choice...

Their votes may or may not count - since neither party has provided citizens with a verifiable system. Not Republicans. Not Democrats. Not Bill Clinton. Not George Bush. Not Barack Obama.

If the powers that be insist on a corporate candidate, he or she will "win."

There's nothing "nice" or "kind" about the way it works.

[demmiblue]

2. Pass, because pointless. n/t

[Scootaloo]

3. I opted for the steak, since it was the only red meat optioned.

When can I expect delivery? I can cook it myself, no problem.

[BlueCheese]

4. Of course I'll support the Democratic nominee.

All three candidates are good liberals. And have you seen the Republicans? Kasich, who has about as big a chance of winning the GOP nomination as Obama, is probably the only one that wouldn't make me shudder.

Also, you might consider adding options, "I'm undecided and will/will not support the Democratic nominee."

[CincyDem]

59. Kasich should make you shudder down to the bone...

...while he may be the "best" they have to offer, this guy is a duplicitous ass-hat whose greatest skill is that awww-shucks approach that lets you believe he's not a far right wing whack job.

When he ran for gov, he appeared sane until the day after he got the key to the executive bathroom. Once in the job, he seemed to forget all the rational parts of his campaign and focused on pandering to any and every right wing pet program (particularly those related to general health care and women's health needs - i.e. Planned Parenthood).

The only way I vote Republican is if I'm strapped to a metal chair in a dank dark basement after 40 hours of Cheney-boarding and a gun to my head...even at that point, I don't think Kasich would be my choice.

Just my two cents from the primary season audience here in Ohio.

[demwing]

5. I hereby pledge

To trash every loyalty pledge poll or thread.

thanks!

[MissDeeds]

7. Not sure

What did the Hillary PUMA crowd of 2008 say?

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

8. Other...

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[mmonk]

29. +1

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

31. Some are making a list and checking it twice...

for when the purges come: who's been naughty or nice.

[mmonk]

32. Yep. The head hunters have their neon signs lit up.

[Gothmog]

9. I will support and vote for the Democratic candidate

[djean111]

10. I herebye promise not to answer any of these Pledge-y Things.

It is still the primary season. Issues count. And NO ONE can COUNT on my vote, except Bernie.

I really wish we had a group set up for Pledge-y Things. It would be illuminating, how many times this stuff pops up. Sounds desperate or something.

[Douglas Carpenter]

11. this has nothing to do with loyalty pledges or whatever - I don't think any

less of anyone how they look at this. I understand and have at different times looked at these matters from different angles. It is only an attempt to gauge the thinking. This poll has no more or no less point than any other poll. Some people around here are just plain paranoid. I support Bernie 100%. I wish we had a viable progressive and social-democratic third party. But we don't. I think it is worthwhile to try to figure out where people actually stand on matters like this.

[mmonk]

35. It really can't be done in this venue.

[MH1]

12. How about, "They're all great candidates and I'll support the Dem nominee"?

For those of us who are, gasp! actually undecided.

[Shrek]

14. +1

Thank you.

[TheBlackAdder]

13. As a Neutral, there is no option provided. As a Democrat, TRUE DEMOCRATS SUPPORT THE NOMINEE! nt

[Motown_Johnny]

15. I will vote for Hillary if need be, but not really support her.

She will just be the lesser evil.

We have a chance to nominate the greater good.


Don't expect me to show much support for the lesser evil.

[nc4bo]

16. Where's my steak??? nt

[OilemFirchen]

17. A rare porterhouse will always beat a medium-rare rib eye.

We oligarchs have well-trained palates.

[MisterP]

18. sure! unless they're like an amoral warmonger or ensured a cartel-backed coup stayed in office

[olddots]

19. there was no fish on the menu

[Douglas Carpenter]

22. perhaps an 8-10 ounce top quality rib eye served along side a good sized Maine or

Alaskan lobster tail that has been properly and freshly boiled and served with melted butter and a lemon wedge. Of if one actually prefers fish to a crustacean we could open with marinated filet of mahi-mahi followed by a lime sorbet to cut the taste of the fish before we serve the rib eye.

[mmonk]

33. Only on the hook

[liberal_at_heart]

20. none of your business.

[Douglas Carpenter]

21. nobody is obliged to either answer this poll or be uncivil about not answering it

just don't answer it. I don't answer the vast majority of polls posted here or act hostile to those who post them

[joshcryer]

23. So much for Sanders supporters being turncoats.

Then again, there was that mini-exodus and all.

[Douglas Carpenter]

24. well, yes it is quite clear that if it came down to it - both most Hillary supporters

and Bernie supporters will support the nominee of the Democratic Party. This goes against the grain of what many seem to think.

[artislife]

38. Actually, that is the only DU approved answer. nt

[Dem2]

26. I took the steak

Because it had no option for "I'm not decided but I'm voting Democrat no matter what because I'm not a moron"

[99Forever]

27. I don't do pledges.

Nor is what I do in the voting booth any of your gawddamn business.

That clear up your misconceptions?

[Douglas Carpenter]

40. I support Bernie 100% - But you are not obliged to answer any poll

including this one - nor are you obliged to be obnoxious and uncivil. Don't answer the question if you don't want to. That is your business - just as it is my business to post the question for those who wish to answer it. I don't answer most polls nor am I uncivil and obnoxious to people who post them.

[99Forever]

41. America has a secret ballot for a reason.

You violating Citizens right to that privacy is the real uncivil and obnoxious behavior.

But then, that's how passive/aggressive works, isn't it?

[Douglas Carpenter]

43. nobody has to answer anything - everyone has a right to keep their views

private and to themselves. I have a right to ask the question - everyone has the right to answer or not answer. I cannot believe that anyone cannot see that. It is a matter of common sense. Damn - this site is so nutty and kooky sometimes it is embarrassing. I guess my idea that liberals are smarter than tea party conservatives gets shot pieces when I read some of the posts and responses here.

[NuclearDem]

47. Then just don't answer the fucking question.

For fuck's sake, nobody's holding a gun to your head and forcing you to answer. Or to even participate in the thread.

Just chill the fuck out for once.

[99Forever]

48. I don't take fucking orders from you.

You "just chill the fuck out for once."

[NuclearDem]

50. So, from "you can't tell me what to do mom"

to "I know you are but what am I"

Lovely.

[99Forever]

52. Perhaps you don't understand the proper use of quotation marks.

You put them around ACTUAL quotes of what someone said, not some fucking bullshit you make up.

Like this one:

"Just chill the fuck out for once."


Bless your heart.

[NuclearDem]

55. Sorry, did I interrupt nap time?

That's usually the cause of somebody acting this grumpy and throwing a tantrum like this.

[99Forever]

56. Petty little attempts at insults....

... from a petty little man.

Bless your heart.

[PowerToThePeople]

28. No or no answer is the largest voting block.

This poll is proof of the failure of the current 2 party system in representing the greatest percentage of people.

Usa is in deep doodoo.

[DesertRat]

30. This election is about the Supreme Court

If the Democratic nominee loses in Nov., the Supreme Court will have a right leaning majority for the foreseeable future.

So, my answer is OF COURSE!

[HereSince1628]

36. It's -always- about the supreme court, really

and it's about other things, too.

Consequently, this argument fails for me.

What it doesn't -have- to be about is fear. That innate force driving decisions to the right, which wrecks the SC anyway.

[darkangel218]

34. Where are the kittens?

[saltpoint]

37. Supporting Bernie Sanders -- will support

the ticket in the general whether he's the nominee, or Clinton, or O'Malley.

Far too many very elemental things in our republic are at stake to risk turning control over them to a Ted Cruz or a Marco Rubio etc.

The Republicans could have focused their "outreach" effort on nominating Jon Huntsman, but the GOP base is an insatiable pack of red-meat rabble, and they want a far-right candidate.

Huntsman himself must have considered the notion of a run, but only briefly, because he could see the toxic slobber flying out of the mouths of the party's base.

[LeatherSofa]

42. reminders of the Nader crowd in 2000

My state has an open primary and my ultra conservative brother (Trump supporter) and my ultra conservative sister-in-law (Cruz supporter) are planning to vote for Sanders in the primary. That's who they would rather face-off against in the general.

This poll reflects several Sander supporters will not support Clinton if she is the nominee. If this holds true, we are likely to lose another close race by the principled (Nader) soft Democrats with them providing the margin of victory for the Repubs.

[Betty Karlson]

44. I support platforms and the candidates that stand on them.

My vote in the GE will depend on the platform he or she runs on.

[cwydro]

45. I'm still undecided, but leaning to Clinton.

I will absolutely vote for the Democratic nominee, no matter who it is.

[NCTraveler]

51. I'll entertain this question after the primary. Nt

[still_one]

54. I will support whoever is the Democratic nominee in the general election

[dmosh42]

57. The question should be "will you actually go out and vote?" for whoever.

[Vogon_Glory]

58. I Plan To Vote For Hillary In The Primary, BUT

I plan to vote for Hillary in the primary, but if she loses the rest of them, I will do what I did in 2008 and vote for the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, whoever he or she may be.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

60. I don't vote for labels.

"I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever, in religion, in philosophy, in politics, or in anything else, where I was capable of thinking for myself. Such an addiction is the last degradation of a free and moral agent. If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all." --Thomas Jefferson

[pkdu]

62. Fine words used as cover for many things....like fathering six children to one of his teenage slaves

Pompous claptrap .