2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNext year at this time, the conversation will be
very different. The primaries will be over and we'll have a Democratic nominee to elect. I'll be knocking on doors trying to get out the vote, and will be supporting our nominee with all the energy I have. Whoever that nominee is will get my all out support.
I am a Democrat. I work to get Democrats elected, from local board members to Presidents. I started doing that in 1960, six years before I could vote. I'll stop doing that when I'm dead.
I know that I'll be joined by other DUers. Together, we will win.
Liberal Jesus Freak
(1,451 posts)Couldn't agree more
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Candidates are not elected. Allowing the election of Republicans is not working out well.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)tech3149
(4,452 posts)"Together we will win!"
So all of us need to get out there and do the job. And I think most of us know the election is only the beginning the hard work starts from there.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)A lot depends on what we do next year.
cali
(114,904 posts)not lift a finger. I won't phone bank or donate or knock on doors.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)I know I'll be out knocking on doors, as I always do. I'm sure some of your fellow Democrats in your state will do the same. Some people understand the risks of having a Republican win the presidency. Then, too, there are all of those down-ticket races to win, and excellent Democratic turnout is the key to that, as well.
Thanks for letting us know you won't be helping. We'll keep that in mind.
cali
(114,904 posts)ismnotwasm
(41,989 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)We Democrats will do what we always do, work to elect Democratic candidates to every possible office. There's nothing "royal" about that.
It's something Democrats do when election time comes around. We think it's important.
cali
(114,904 posts)Really, you think democrats won't forget that some anonymous poster on DU isn't going to phone bank for Hillary? It's arrogant to speak for others.
Speaking only for myself, I'm glad you are no longer "supporting" Bernie.
brooklynite
(94,598 posts)Neither do I.
Beat your chest all you want. We'll see you next Fall.
cali
(114,904 posts)I'll hold my nose and vote for her, and yes I do remember the loud, vile PUMA critters. I don't know how many of them didn't vote for Obama- and neither do you.
LWolf
(46,179 posts)This year, my focus is on trying to get a candidate nominated that I want to work for at that time.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Once the primaries are over, though, we all get together and try to get Democrats elected to every possible office. It's a tried and true way to make progress. Sometimes we succeed and sometimes we fail, but we never fail to try.
Whichever candidates win the primaries and are on the GE ballot, we'll support them. In my opinion, and in my opinion only, people who don't support Democratic candidates in general elections aren't really Democrats. They're voters, of course, and Americans, but Democrats help Democrats win elections. Again, just my opinion, but I know it's shared by others, too.
Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)Obvious.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)Or election rigging, either by the candidate directly or through surrogates, I'm on board. Otherwise, not.