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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAny Gay or Black or Poor or Latino or WOMEN voters sitting out the election
because you are angry at Dems?
Just wondering if people who fit into "minority" categories, such as those listed and others, feel comfortable enough to risk your future by NOT voting for lets say Hillary Clinton thus allowing a Mitt Romney or Mike Huckabee to be president?
Or, is it more likely that people who have the MOST to lose are the LEAST likely to risk a republican government?
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)Not sitting out, not ever voting Republican.
randys1
(16,286 posts)not trying to be argumentative, just clarifying something
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)Voting (R) would as well.
As long as I am physically able, I will do my part to not risk that foolishness.
randys1
(16,286 posts)...
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)I'm still wondering why people sat out the last one.
randys1
(16,286 posts)candidate?
I have a dear friend who hates HIllary so much he is willing to risk a repub govt, problem is he is a white male, not risking much.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)People that want to stay home on election day - will.
I don't like Hillary either. I still want to know why the hell Democrats sat home in November.
randys1
(16,286 posts)huge contingent here at DU who are aiming in that direction
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)been told for the last 2 years that Hillary is it and to just shut up. I myself am pretty sick of it. DU may represent Dems in a tiny way.
I am not going to worry about it right now. Nobody has announced anything yet.
benz380
(534 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)people can vote for. They don't want a war hawk, or a Wall St insider.
Stop twisting what voters are asking for, you are only contributing to the reasons WHY people are so angry at their party.
LISTEN to the VOTERs, that is who the party is supposed to represent, and there will be no problem getting people to vote.
But your snide attack on voters is part of the REASON for the dissatisfaction of voters.
Voters are being very fair to the Dem Party Leadership right now. They are telling them what they do not want.
All the party has to do is listen to the voters rather than their Wall ST/MIC funders and no one has to worry.
randys1
(16,286 posts)OF THOSE people.
I am talking about an effort by the right to get Democrats to NOT vote, it plays out right here on DU whether you can admit it or not.
And I am attempting to point that out, and will continue to do so
I will work rabidly for Bernie Sanders right up to the point he is no longer a candidate, if that happens, then I will work for whoever the candidate is.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)has to say about ANYTHING?? If you are worried about THAT, you should be talking to our 'leaders' who do seem to care more about upsetting Republicans than about upsetting their own base, see Obama 'I am willing to go against my own party on this'.
I don't know a single Dem voter who is even aware of what Republicans are saying.
Why do YOU care about them? This is about OUR PARTY LEADERSHIP refusing to listen to the voters regarding who runs for elected office.
They are losing badly because of that. NOT because of Republicans.
randys1
(16,286 posts)Obama and Hillary.
Dozens or hundreds of them here on DU alone...
How many members are there here, 25,000?
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Then in my view anyone PUSHING such a candidate is a Right Winger.
randys1
(16,286 posts)You have just lost all credibility ...
Come join my party and maybe you will get some back
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)However, Dr Conspirato, I'd love to hear more about your theory that everyone here critical of Obama or HRC was trucked in by the GOP.
randys1
(16,286 posts)DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)They told me that whatever I do, I shouldn't lose all credibility. Now I've gone and done it.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)hawk, Wall St insider either.
randys1
(16,286 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Women are the most victimized by WAR and by WALL ST corruption.
So, as a woman, I will never support a War Monger and if you don't know that reason why women are the biggest victims of WAR MONGERS, I can't help you.
JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)Not gonna do it.
randys1
(16,286 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)Not quite that - but pretty close. It's obnoxious - and I don't care!
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)to not only vote in some general election but to be involved in other foundational aspects of Party politics. I've never met anyone who did not vote because they were pissed off, but I know many who vote because they are pissed of.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)But I will not be voting for let's say Hillary Clinton or Mitt Romney.
randys1
(16,286 posts)bigwillq
(72,790 posts)randys1
(16,286 posts)stevenleser
(32,886 posts)being elected to not vote in protest.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)Yes, I will be voting.
m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)even though i have "never" been excited about any DEM i have voted for because they are always way to the right of me. I often wonder if i am a fool for doing this but i keep doing it.
you would have to be a fool to deny DEMS are better on the social issues (I am gay) too bad they suck damn near as bad as GOP on foreign policy and favoring the 1 % on shitty trade deals and both parties seem hellbent on destroying public education.
randys1
(16,286 posts)Hillary are not Dems, they are rightwingers undercover.
I wont say which I think are doing this, but they exist.
I hope it isnt Hillary, I hope it is Liz or Bernie, but I know that isnt likely.
my party is
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)right now that represents minorities, that includes women, rather than go for the one who represents Wall St and forever WAR which are ANTI minorities.
Has Hillary announced yet? As far as I know there is no candidate. So why are you pretending there is?
Voters are doing their duty, they are expressing to those who are paid by them, what their wishes are.
Now all the party has to do is LISTEN TO THE VOTERS!
Is that a difficult concept? VOTERS are who they REPRESENT. NOT Wall St, NOT the War Machine!
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)There are a number of DUers who say they will not vote for Hillary under any circumstance.
Many of the folks saying this are likely white. Many are male. This is a demographic that will be least hurt by a potential Republican presidency.
Minorities, on the other hand, are much more vulnerable to Republican control of the government...the Republican party is overwhelmingly white and pretty much only looks out for white people.
So many of the folks on DU saying they won't vote for Hillary don't have much at stake and will be least hurt by Republican (white party) take over of the government.
So it's easier for them to oppose Hillary.
randys1
(16,286 posts)are here for a very serious political purpose.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)I'd have to be tremendously angry at Democrats to ever stay home or...yuck...vote for a Republican.