Disappointed in Amy and Pete

[yellowwoodII]

In my state, many people had voted early for Amy or Pete. Now their votes are wasted. They might have voted for someone other than Biden if they knew their votes didn't count.
The timing here is unfortunate. I feel cynical about the whole thing.
I voted for Bernie in the last primary and felt the same letdown.

[Demsrule86]

1. They were polling very low...could have waited to see what happened. I did. I considered voting for

Bloomberg when I thought Joe might falter but held off...now I will be early voting for Biden on Saturday in Ohio.

[True Blue American]

5. I will vote

The following Tuesday. My Precinct is at my Church, almost across the street from me.

I did like the new machines. You can choose how you vote. I will be using the paper ballot, scanner this time.

[Demsrule86]

16. Are you in Ohio...I hope I can vote using a paper ballot and a scanner.

[Enter Username Here]

2. I feel your pain. Early voting can come back and bite you... nt.

[Demsrule86]

3. The votes do not go to Biden actually...and after the homophobic rants by Sanders supporters

against Mayor Pete, I doubt Sanders would have gotten votes from his supporters. As for Amy, she was always a moderate and it was expected that those who support her would switch to Biden...we shall see. However, Biden doesn't get the early votes until a second ballot.

[Pacifist Patriot]

4. Unfortunately, that's embedded in our primary system.

Until they figure out a way to get everyone to vote at the same time, it's going to keep happening. I started voting in presidential primaries in 1988. 2016 was the first time the person I voted for (or wanted to vote for) in the primary was still in the race when my vote was cast.

Bruce Babbitt was the first presidential candidate I ever voted for. Absentee. He dropped out literally hours after I dropped my ballot in the mail.

My order of preference for 2020 was Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg...kind of making up for 2016 in spades.

[Shrek]

6. It's the nature of primaries

People who have voted for Yang or Steyer also wasted their votes. It's always a risk because any candidate can drop out at any time.

[hlthe2b]

7. Wasted if in CA. But, in many states, one can show up today, ask for previous mailed ballot to be

invalidated and vote again. It behooves people to check. Unfortunately, getting the correct information out in each of the states where this is an issue is very difficult. People ASSUME nothing can be done.

[dansolo]

8. Are you speaking for those people?

I suspect you don't give a shit about those voters. You just care how this will impact Bernie today.

[yellowwoodII]

21. You're right about one thing

It's not the early voters that I worry about. I have respect for their judgment, and I think that that they would have chosen someone better than Biden if they had known their first choice wouldn't count. Like Warren, who is very well qualified to be President. She "has a plan." She has qualifications.

Looks to me that Joe's charm lies in what people perceive as "electability."

The establishment strikes again.

[Demsrule86]

28. Warren is not doing well by any measure...I like her and she was my second choice...but I tire of

the establishment shit...candidates win or lose. Why must you name call voters who disagree with you?

[LakeArenal]

29. Biden's charm is effective...

But his experience makes him most electable both nationally and maybe more importantly globally

And yes, Warren's lack of charm does make Biden’s more electable.

[katmondoo]

9. Their futures are bright. We will have them with us for a long time.

[LizBeth]

10. Everyone who knows anything about the process understood there vote may not go further than a couple

states. It is pretty obvious. We all know that if the candidate could not get hold, they would have to leave the race. That is the facts with early states.

[riversedge]

11. Their dropping out does make me think about the value of early voting. It has

its good points and not so good points.

I am disappointed I do not get to vote for Amy--WI primary is April 7.

[njhoneybadger]

12. I'm sure they'll get through it some how.

[Codeine]

13. I'm fifty years old and I've yet to have

my first choice win the primary campaign. My first choice this cycle never even made it to Iowa! That’s competitive politics.

Best not to get overly attached to a politician.

[squirecam]

24. My first choice has been on the ticket except for once

84 Mondale
88 Gephardt
92 Clinton
00 Gore
04 Edwards (Made VP)
08 Obama
16 Clinton

The streak will end unless Amy becomes VP.

[Codeine]

25. Oh damn, that's a streak!

And I was wrong, Hillary was my first choice last time. Not sure how I missed that.

[Skidmore]

14. For all of their jabs toward each other in debates,

Amy and Pete's supporters had an affinity toward each other. I saw it during caucus when they realigned with each other en masse after not achieving viability.

[obamanut2012]

15. lulz

[blm]

17. I understand why they did it, but do feel sympathy for the voters

who made the effort with their first choice in mind. Several of my friends who voted early for Pete were pretty sad about what they called wasting their vote and losing the opportunity to vote for their next choice.

A few Amy voters who have been actively RESISTING this WH for over 3 years and seriously wanted their vote to go to a woman were sickened when they felt their vote didn’t even count.

[Demsrule86]

30. Well, some may feel the same if they have early voted in a different primary about Warren if she is

not viable...it is the nature of the beast.

[patricia92243]

18. There needs to be a couple of weeks between each batch of voting.

Just one of many, many things about voting that need to be straightened out.

[samnsara]

19. ..they know when the time is right for them..

[dsc]

20. I voted for Pete early in NC

frankly if Biden needs my vote in my CD then he is sunk anyhow. Warren was my number 2 but she has no path so I would be voting for Biden today if I hadn't voted already.

[Happy Hoosier]

22. They did what they throught was best for the country.

No matter when they drop out, some folks will feel let down. That can't be helped. But did either really have a path to the nom? No, they didn't.

[OnDoutside]

23. They're the rules that ALL candidates signed up to, even Sanders, so it's a little late to be

giving out now ! Do you have a post from last year criticising this process ?

[zackymilly]

26. This is why I never vote early in a primary. n/t

[still_one]

27. That is the risk people take if they vote early. The other side of the coin is that if they vote

early, and then something happens where they are unable to vote later, they got their vote in

[frazzled]

31. Their delegates will be released to Biden at the convention

Sure, it's not a lot: 33, or maybe some more if people who voted early or continue to vote for them (say, in Minnesota). So their votes may not be entirely wasted.

And believe me, very few of them would have voted for Bernie.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

32. I voted early for Pete here in CA, and I don't regret it one bit.

I know his campaign will be watching to see how the vote goes, and how important those votes are, for future reference.

I wouldn't change it even if I could.

I did not waste my vote.

[HarlanPepper]

33. Write them a letter and tell them how you feel.