Some of you may not like it, but I just voted my conscience

[skipos]

I couldn't sleep at night if I didn't do everything in my power to make sure there are as few Republicans running my county, my state and my country as possible. I couldn't live with myself if I didn't try to reverse the damage that has been done by Republican control of America. Straight Democratic ticket for me.

[lcordero2]

1. i voted my conscience and I still feel dirty n/t

[Burma Jones]

2. How Dare You...........

I'm about to walk over to the polling place and do the same......

[msongs]

3. give a little whistle and jiminy cricket will appear :-) nt

[deadparrot]

4. Me too!

In other years, I might make an exception, but not this time. Gotta send a message somehow.

[William769]

5. "Straight Democratic ticket for me"

Whats wrong with that? Thats what I did!

[KansDem]

20. I voted for everyone whose name ended with a capital "D"

:thumbsup:

[Justpat]

6. Me too. n/t

[station agent]

7. Oh yeah, we really hate it when people vote Democratic here on DU

You bastard. Good job, palie. Do it again in an hour or two.

[NJ_Lib]

8. For the first time ever...

.... straight Dem ticket without even hesitating... Gotta adjust to the times I guess...

[StraightDope]

9. If it was on a Diebold or ES&S terminal...

Then you're right, I don't like it. Straight ticket Dem is the first one that those damnable machines try to flip.

[Double T]

10. Congratulations!!! ME TOO!!!!

[AllexxisF1]

11. Same here.

For the first time it was a straight ticket for me as well. All the way down the line.

[Double T]

15. Glad to have you aboard HERE and at the POLLS...........

'WE' need more people like YOU!!!

[Justyce]

12. I quit voting straight Dem ticket because

in some of the races, the only choices were repub and libertarian & I don't want to pass up an opportunity to vote AGAINST a republican. I finally got my mom to quit voting straight Dem ticket for the same reason.

[EST]

13. If it had a "Democratic" next to it, I voted for it.

The ballot did not have a box for "straight ticket," so every race had to be considered-for about ten seconds.
I am hoping a miracle happens and we dump Shimkus as rep.

There were only two other issues, regarding whether or not a couple of judges should be removed.

:party:

[Intransigent Atheist]

14. Yep,

straight Democratic ticket here too. Of course, I live in Utah, so almost all votes will go Republican anyway. :(

[watrwefitinfor]

47. Welcome to DU, IA.

:hi:

You must wake up every day wondering what you are doing in Utah, huh?

Wat

[KansDem]

16. Conscience?

:shrug:

(runs and gets his Webster's)

Oh, yeah, that! Haven't seen much of that the last 6 years...

[Marie26]

17. Highly controversial opinion

on a Democratic discussion board.

[klook]

18. I got all D's on my report card, too!

No straight-ticket option here, so I just voted for the Dem in every race.

[corkhead]

19. ditto

:toast:

[ulysses]

21. no problem with that here.

One, your vote isn't my decision. Two, I'm going to be voting straight D today too.

I'm not going to leave it at that and just expect the Dems to magically reverse the damage once they've regained some power, though. I've learned that lesson.

[hughee99]

22. May you burn in hell!

I'm on my way to do the same in about an hour. :toast:

[sweetheart]

23. i voted for hillary and nadler

Do i feel soiled in corporatism? Less so, as i voted 'working families' and
not Democratic. The Dino's are no different than repukes, especially those
who do not understand the speed of air travel when factoring in how fast people
can leave iraq.

[dethl]

24. Conscience or logic - the answer is straight dem ticket

Which I happily did. :D

[MidMichiganBuckeye]

25. Here's something funny....

My wife asked me if I was voting for Granholm...I told her this year I was voting straight ticket, Dem all the way. She asked what if there was a republican I liked, would I vote for them? I told her that species of elephant has LONG been extinct!

[newyawker99]

49. Hi MidMichiganBuckeye!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[W_HAMILTON]

26. I voted straight ticket too

Only thing I regret is, by voting straight Democratic, I didn't vote in some of the races where it was a Republican running unopposed. I should have taken the time to write in Scooby Doo for each of those races :(

[DIKB]

27. I take a page

from Monty Brewster's playbook: None of the above.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

32. I added

john wayne gacey for an unopposed judge,
George washington for clerk of something
Virginia wolf for water reclamation district
Ted Bundy for the TB board (Why, you might ask, do we have a TB board?)
Ted kozinski for appellate court

each one was unopposed, and that ain't right.

[Mr_Spock]

28. Straight Dem ticket here too

As the idiot RWer said to his wife as I was leaving "you voted straight Democrat - mindlessly". Coming from a mindless RWer white male - I thought it was quite ironic.

[LilyLibber]

29. Me too! All D's...

and proud of it! :patriot:

[William Bloode]

30. Voted all D but one.

Sadly in once race the pike was the better choice. It really hurt, i felt shamed when i did it. It was for Sheriff, and the present puke is actually fairly progressive on his view of the drug war. The Dem just tried to be to tough talking. I can't vote to give myself 20yrs in prison.

[Balderdash]

31. Me too

Probably won't do any good in my district but still...

[philb]

33. pretty ballsy

to fess up to that in this forum...........


but u GO!!!!!!!!!

[Sick_of_Rethuggery]

34. I early-voted straight Dem...

and then went on clicked on all the non-dem races with Libs if available :evilgrin:

[sleepyhead]

35. Me too.

But I flipped each little "D" lever individually, smiling more each time, until I left the voting booth grinning like a fool.

[Laurab]

36. I did the same thing

My conscience feels better already!

[Egnever]

37. So sue me I didnt!

I voted all Dem in the national races and independent wherever I could in the locals. I am sick of the two party system and if we don't get another party going sometime soon this country will be ruined by the false lefty righty choice IMHO.

However them congress critters all had to go so DEM all the way in the federal elections!

[TahitiNut]

38. Well, gee ... ain't that a "profile in courage"?

:eyes: Fuck the "different drummer," huh?

[candice]

39. Straight party line...when will the people of California

wake up and see these repug actor "governors" for the puppets of big business that they are? Voting for Mr. Steriod who must have consulted with Karl Rove to "mastermind" the expensive, unnecessary recall that we taxpayers covered...all because Mr. Steriod knew that his maltreatment of women would be discovered sooner during a real campaign.

Word from smart people inside is that Mr. Steriod is not a bright bulb.

[Mandate My Ass]

40. I held my nose voting for Bob Casey

I feel seriously guilt-stricken and nauseous voting for an anti-choicer, but Sick Rick Santorum has got to go. Casey's pro-Iraq war, anti-choice, pro-death penalty, I think anti-stem cell research but I'm not entirely sure. I disagree with him on most of the issues rather than all, so I can't be called a "one-issue" voter. Yech. :puke:

[dollydew]

41. Guilty

I did the same. Oops.

[me b zola]

42. Me too!

Our ballots are sitting next to the computer and as soon as DH crawls out of bed we're heading down to Multnomah Co. elections board to turn them in. I can't wait to get back and change by avatar :)

:bounce: elections make me giddy :bounce:

[stanwyck]

43. Yep. I even voted for the borderline Dems

sorry for the Republicans who are decent. This year, they're aligned with a really bad administration. And we just can't take any risks. It's that important.
This administration has set about dismantling our Constitution. So...even on a local level, if you've got an "R" by your name, you're not getting my vote.
Maybe it's time to think about the good "Rs" switching parties. Afterall, it's not like their party has anything to do with being a conservative.
Or a Christian.

[LordLovesAWorkingMan]

44. Way to stick your neck out nt

[huskerlaw]

45. Hey, I did that too!

I even researched all of the judges (4 freaking pages worth of names) and voted for every one of them that was endorsed by a democrat.

I don't give two shits what the candidate personally believes, if he/she is still stupid enough to align himself/herself with the most corrupt party in American history, I'm voting for the other person. Period.

Unfortunately, my straight-ticket voting forced me to fill in the circle next to Dianne Feinstein. That almost caused physical pain. But a Dem in the Senate is a Dem in the Senate...we need control back, damn it. We'll take her out next time.

[dalaigh lllama]

46. I voted straight dem for all but one person

A minor county position with no opposition and has been doing the same job for twenty years. Huge turnout here in rural Missouri, which I see as a good sign for McCaskill. My Republican husband voted for all democrats but one -- he said he just couldn't vote straight ticket. But since McCaskill got his vote, I'm happy.

[Graybeard]

48. Voted straight Dem...on the WFP line.

Working Families Party endorsed all of the Dem candidates. WFP
keeps 'em honest and holds their feet to the fire. 

[ck4829]

50. I voted my conscience too

And that's why I voted Straight Dem.