RE: voting in the primaries - A question for you...

[mysteryowl]

Are you voting for who you like and want as president, or are you voting for who you 'project' will be able to win in November?

I have been asking people around me this question and I hear various answers. Mostly, everyone is scared and would do anything to outvote trump. The thing is, if we vote for who we "think" will pull it off verses who we personally like, where does that leave us?

[blm]

1. I vote for the person I believe will be the best president AND will win

In Nov.

I vote anti-corruption in every primary, and, hopefully, in the general.

[judeling]

4. Correct

The candidate that would be the best president and can actually get there.

I m extremely fortunate that I have a candidate this cycle would is at the top of my list in both categories. this hasn't quite happened to me since RFK.

[Desert grandma]

2. Where does it leave us?

It leaves us with the best possible chance to defeat the Orange Buffoon. That for me and everyone I talk to, is THE priority. To not do that in my opinion, means another four years of the Liar in Chief.

[mysteryowl]

3. I guess what I am getting at is...

I talk with people that are conflicted about voting for the dem candidate in the primaries that they like verses who they think will win in November. For many this is not same person, unfortunately.

[The Valley Below]

7. Zero conflict for this Democrat.

Joe Biden clicks both boxes.

[LongtimeAZDem]

5. Both

[Thekaspervote]

8. Me too!!

[MustLoveBeagles]

9. Same here

[TomSlick]

6. My plan is to vote for whoever is polling best against Trump in the battle ground states

at the time of the primary in my state. It's not philosophically pure but if tonight proves anything, the most important thing is to get Trump out of the WH as quickly as possible.

I "like" almost all of the Democratic candidates and "like" all of them one whole hell of a lot more than I "like" Trump. Nothing else is more important than beating Trump.

[GemDigger]

10. I vote in June.

The decision is pretty much made. I just hope those that get to vote before the last of us make a wise choice.

[brooklynite]

11. That leaves us with a likelier chance of winning...

Who I "like" is not necessarily the same candidate that people in PA, MI and WI like.

[SKKY]

12. I would normally vote for who I "like". But, this time it is different. Way, way different...

...while Mayor Pete is my preferred candidate, when it gets to my state, I will be casting the most pragmatic vote of my life. Basically, I'm voting for whoever my research tells me has the best chance to defeat Trump.

[DesertRat]

13. For me it's both

I like Sen. Klobuchar because she's an intelligent, sane, hard working, rational woman with a proven track record in urban, suburban, and rural areas.
And I believe she's best candidate to beat Trump.

[redqueen]

14. Both. But not equally.

I like a lot of our candidates, but beating Trump is the most important thing.

[Nanjeanne]

15. I vote in primaries for the person I want to be President with the caveat that I have to believe

they have a chance of winning in the General. Since I am not clarvoiyant or own a crystal ball or believe completely in polls since they typically include people who have voted in past elections and do not typically include new voters - and since many people like me have never been polled and many don't answer unsolicited phone calls - I want my primary vote to count as an indication of the policies I support and the person I believe has the enthusiasm to generate a wide turnout.

Our votes were hard-won and should be used to express our choices - not the choice of the media, the pollsters, the pundits. We own our votes - and whomever we lean towards -- VOTE. Express your own opinion. Express your own choices. I feel strongly about that in the primary.