If I had to vote today, I'd vote for Sanders.

[redqueen]

Looks like it's between him and Bloomberg, and between those two I trust Bernie more, so as of now I'm team Bernie.

[Uncle Joe]

1. Kicked and recommended

Welcome aboard redqueen

[redqueen]

6. Well take note that I'm going by the 'if I had to vote today' descriptor.

If Yang gets involved with a campaign I'll be supporting them for sure.

[Uncle Joe]

11. I can understand that

but it's still appreciated.

Personally, I hope Andrew does endorse Bernie although it won't affect my decision to support him.

[left-of-center2012]

2. "as of now"

[redqueen]

8. Yep - I'm not in love.

There are definitely circumstances that would make me switch my support.

For Yang I was rock solid.

[mvd]

4. Welcome. redqueen

For me Bloomberg (goes against what Bernie is most about) is last and Warren is second - still haven’t ruled out voting for Warren completely.

[redqueen]

10. I'd be able to vote for any of them honestly.

I can say that knowing Tulsi won't get it

Of all of our candidates I'd have the most issue with Bloomberg but in the end - he ain't Trump, and that's that.

[mvd]

20. I am also vote blue no matter who this time

I don’t have any other choice. I would really hate if it was Bloomberg, but I think the country wouldn’t survive 4 more years of Trump.

[redqueen]

24. EXACTLY.

I'd vote for a frickin Chauncey Gardiner.

[honest.abe]

5. You really think Sanders is better able to beat Trump than Bloomberg?

I dont.

[redqueen]

12. Any polling to support that opinion?

So far it seems Bernie's holding his own.

[honest.abe]

18. Yes.

Trump vs Bloomberg: Bloomberg +6
Trump vs Sanders: Sanders +4

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_bloomberg-6797.html
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_sanders-6250.html

[redqueen]

19. Good to know.

That'll make it easier for me to vote for him if it comes down to it

[thesquanderer]

13. If it again comes down to appealing to working class blue collar voters in the rust belt,

then yeah, I think it's very possible that Sanders could do better against Trump than Bloomberg, especially since supposedly we'll have Bloomberg's financial resources behind us either way.

[honest.abe]

33. Interesting argument.

So Bloomberg backs us no matter what. How about Sanders?

[thesquanderer]

36. Of course. He was first to sign "the pledge" and he has repeated it recently. (n/t)

[honest.abe]

39. I have zero confidence in Sanders pledging anything..

based on what we saw in 2016.

[whttevrr]

43. Absolutely not.

Sanders past performance is indicative of how he and his supporters will act when he does not win.

Sanders supporters will find some negative trait to latch onto and suckle it until the minor email-like issue becomes a catastrophic flow of fail-milk. They will sit at home and pout.

Everyone else will have to pick up their slack and GOTV!

[Uncle Joe]

16. Bernie has a powerful following based on substance, Bloomberg is banking that his money

can manufacture enough via T.V. saturation, I have more faith in the former.

[Tom Rinaldo]

7. I think it will come down to one of them too, and I appreciate your reasoning n/t

[redqueen]

14. Someone recently posted about getting behind the top contenders.

And I decided I was ready to make that move today.

I would've loved if Warren was doing better.

[Tom Rinaldo]

44. I switched from Warren to Sanders in early January (but always liked them both)

One of the reasons why I did so was because I thought she was showing signs of not being able to forge a winning coalition (her fund raising totals were just being released). I would have been happy to remain in Warren's camp, and would still be happy if she somehow became our nominee.

[Nanjeanne]

9. Welcome. You will like it here!

[redqueen]

15. Thanks!

[thesquanderer]

17. re: "Looks like it's between him and Bloomberg"

If that's what it looks like after Super Tuesday, I'll be joining you.

[redqueen]

22. This election is terrifying.

There's literally never been more at stake.

[Indepatriot]

21. The Revolution is here and now! (There will donuts and strong coffee)

Welcome!

[redqueen]

23. I like the sound of that!

[evertonfc]

25. I like Bernie

He will cost of the House. I like the guy with 60 billion. The best down he will give Trump will be epic. I don't 2ant to spend 4 months talking about socialism

[redqueen]

27. Yeah, well we either spend 4 months talking about socialism

or we spend 4 months talking about how Bloomberg is suddenly sorry about massive civil rights violations that he ignored but claimed no one told him about.

Oh, and the Central Park 5.

I know which set of smears I'd rather defend against.

[JudyM]

41. Well stated.

[Jirel]

26. That works.

Still hoping for Liz, but I'll be about as happy for President Bernie.

[redqueen]

29. I wanted Liz to run for so long. Would love to vote for her.

My daughter still might be team Warren.

[redqueen]

30. I dunno, I kinda doubt it.

[Kablooie]

31. You think that the majority of Americans, both rural and urban, would get out to vote for Bernie?

Because no matter what he offers, it will come to nothing if Trump wins again.
In fact if he didn't win, his policies would probably never have a chance to be considered again.

[redqueen]

34. I think voters in swing states are more likely to support Bernie

who's more of a working man's candidate, than a billionaire media mogul, yes.

[kimbutgar]

32. You mean George McGovern?

[redqueen]

35. No, that was 50 years ago. I meant who I said - Bernie Sanders

A lot has changed over the past 50 years

[Zolorp]

37. If my choice is Bloomberg and Sanders

Bloomberg.

Hands Down.

I'd walk a thousand miles drumming up support for him, too.

[Devil Child]

38. Congrats on your decision!

My condolences again for Yang’s withdrawal. He was a strong preference of mine and sad to see him go. I’m hoping President Sanders (or other) has a role to offer him.

[JudyM]

42. I *so*want Yang to have a chunk of responsibility in the next administration.

[redqueen]

46. Yes, I really love Yang.

His candidacy was a breath of fresh air. I don't agree with him 100% on every issue but on the whole I found him to be the leader with the qualities I most would like to see in the WH. And his economics policy was the one I've been waiting for for decades. The execution of it wasn't perfect, but it was passable in a Congress with conservative Dems and republicans, and it would have done so much for so many. I really do wish he had caught on.

[Polybius]

40. How can you like both Bloomberg and Bernie?

They are 180 politically.

[redqueen]

45. There are things I like and don't like about both.

Nobody is perfect, and I don't love any candidate's policy proposals 100%.

But they're both supportive of democratic party goals - prioritizing the environment, most importantly - so I don't find it all that hard to put other things aside and get behind them.

We have one planet. That's it.

[BlueWI]

47. Congrats, redqueen, on your new candidate.

I liked Andrew Yang too. I leaned a lot from him. He had a very good critique of the rural economy and a great personal style.