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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 02:51 AM Dec 2017

Would you vote for Kristen Gillibrand if she ran for the Democratic presidential nomination?

(note...this is solely about your vote in the primaries-I'm working on the assumption that we'd all vote for whoever was nominated in the fall).



31 votes, 2 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Yes, I would vote for her
3 (10%)
No, I would not vote for her
26 (84%)
Not sure
2 (6%)
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Would you vote for Kristen Gillibrand if she ran for the Democratic presidential nomination? (Original Post) Ken Burch Dec 2017 OP
Ouroborous. dchill Dec 2017 #1
Went with not sure. TDale313 Dec 2017 #2
No because there will likely be many better candidates. Willie Pep Dec 2017 #3
Jay Inslee For President SeaDoo77 Dec 2017 #4
To clarify, I wasn't asking who anyone preferred to Gillibrand. Ken Burch Dec 2017 #7
unless you are Dick Cheney...n/t bluecollar2 Dec 2017 #9
Well yeah...unless you have a cyborg heart. Ken Burch Dec 2017 #19
I certainly could vote for her, but who else is running? The purity police here... TreasonousBastard Dec 2017 #5
I'm neither damning nor praising her. Ken Burch Dec 2017 #6
Gee, TB. . . ProfessorGAC Dec 2017 #16
Could be, but she's my Senator and while she has been out front fighting sexism... TreasonousBastard Dec 2017 #18
Who would she be running against? PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #8
No -she has no widespread support MaryMagdaline Dec 2017 #10
Can't vote in this poll Dorian Gray Dec 2017 #11
Why should I care? tech3149 Dec 2017 #12
I will vote for the Dem who I believe has the best chance of getting elected. Arkansas Granny Dec 2017 #13
Absolutely not. Backstabber Rene Dec 2017 #14
Not in the primary, no. alarimer Dec 2017 #15
Is this poll going to run every day? lpbk2713 Dec 2017 #17

Willie Pep

(841 posts)
3. No because there will likely be many better candidates.
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 03:00 AM
Dec 2017

I think Kristen Gillibrand would be a weak candidate against Trump or any Republican in the general election.

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
7. To clarify, I wasn't asking who anyone preferred to Gillibrand.
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 04:21 AM
Dec 2017

And, while I can understand your choice as a fellow Washington state resident, the Constitution penalizes a party from putting two people from the same state on its presidential ticket...if any party does that, it forfeits that state's electoral votes.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
5. I certainly could vote for her, but who else is running? The purity police here...
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 04:04 AM
Dec 2017

are really off track damning her.

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
6. I'm neither damning nor praising her.
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 04:17 AM
Dec 2017

Just trying to get some sort of sense about her support level here.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
18. Could be, but she's my Senator and while she has been out front fighting sexism...
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 10:37 AM
Dec 2017

for years, she hasn't done anything like this before.

She has been far too smart and cunning so far to do anything so destructive, so one wonders what's really up.

Dorian Gray

(13,496 posts)
11. Can't vote in this poll
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 06:47 AM
Dec 2017

bc I don't know who she would be running against. There are better candidates. There are worse candidates. I certainly would vote for her in the General Election if she won the primary. Probably wouldn't vote for her in the primaries, though that would depend on a whole list of variables. (So I didn't vote in this poll.)

tech3149

(4,452 posts)
12. Why should I care?
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 07:13 AM
Dec 2017

Whoever we put up as a presidential candidate means nothing in the grand scheme of things. If the Democratic party truly wants to be a force for good, it needs to start rebuilding from the ground up. I grew up in solidly blue Democrat territory. After 16 years away I was shocked at the right wing swing of those I had grown up with. After almost another 16 years, I'm befuddled that the Democratic party still hasn't a clue that they are eroding and ignoring their base.
I'm encouraged that DSA candidates have been beating established Democrats on the local level. Mabey that will be the wakeup call.

alarimer

(16,245 posts)
15. Not in the primary, no.
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 09:41 AM
Dec 2017

I hope she doesn't run and, if she does, isn't the nominee.

Apart from the Franken thing, I don't think she has what it takes to beat Trump, assuming he runs again.

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