I have a preference, but that could change.

I know who I will NOT support.

Of course, I will vote for him. (Goddess, please no. He will not win.)

As many others say, I know who I'm not voting for...

I like more of what some candidates say they plan to do than others. IMO it looks like final candidate is probably from Biden, Sanders, Warren, Buttigieg, or Klobuchar (no, I don't think Stayer or Bloomberg have much of a shot), all of whom are polling ahead of Trump in the latest Faux News polling. As everyone does, I have my own order of preference but they've all mastered the English language and have actual plans. And we should make sure that they all support Warren's pledge to release documentation withheld by the White House...

All that being said, I wonder if Bloomberg will really put his apparatus behind ousting tRump. Stayer should help too. Ideally just keep running Trump's own words against his actual accomplishments, or reality for that matter.

moderates elected. Sanders won't carry them...we could lose the house.

And that's regardless of who the nominee is. We do have to work to get the constituency out, especially those who stayed home in 2016. I'm in Illinois, and I'm helping out in a neighboring district because there will not likely be a GOP nominee in mine. Also helping in Southern Wisconsin. I think boots on the ground and getting voters out is the way to go and if Doug Jones can win in Alabama, any Democrat should be able to win their seat with the anti-Trump sentiment that has already led to one blue wave.

Where are the 5? Arizona, Colorado, Maine, North Carolina, Iowa and outside chances in Georgia and Kentucky. Right now, McConnell is in a dead heat and his opponent is outraising him 5 to 1. Richard Ojeda, a coal miner favorite, has declared in West Virginia where Trump has lost a lot of support for failing to deliver on his promises and where his trade deals have hurt the continued decline in the coal industry. That might be a surprise. South Carolina seems to be a lot closer of a race than thought, maybe people are waking up to loonie Lindsey.

Alabama is almost definitely a -1.

Maine, Colorado, and Arizona are all 3 quite possible, and I'm both hopeful and donating a little for their primaries with support for Hickenlooper in Colorado, Sara Gideon in Maine, and Mark Kelly in AZ. Will donate as heavily as I can after the primary's over.

both NC and GA also fall into the possible, but that would be against the odds.

We would have to completely sweep the battlegrounds AND these 2 Republican leaning states to get a net gain of 4 for a 50/50 Senate.

I can't see anything beyond fantasy that would get us to a +5.

For my own state of Texas, I've been canvassing every weekend for MJ Hegar. I realize this is a very long shot, especially after the damage Beto did for us before he dropped out, but come the day after elections in November of next year, I want to feel that I did every damn thing I could to get Cornyn out.

Arizona, Colorado, Maine, Iowa, North Carolina and for extra measure, Kentucky and Georgia. SC is also very close right now.

We are a Center/Left Country. Some folks won't accept that and it really irks me.

I think the House majority is secure regardless. There are somewhere around 25 Republicans stepping down this time around and that usually has to do with putting fingers up in the wind and seeing where the polls are headed. I think the gain will be at least 10 and as high as 25 depending on how well Democrats get the segment of the constituency that didn't show up for Clinton to the polls.

I think the Senate is +5.

I do NOT think the House is safe in the event that Sanders nominees, and I know House members who think likewise.

I know at least two Repubs who are getting out ahead of a shift in voter preference and polling data, both in Texas. I think Sanders and Biden are both capable of getting to a high enough popular margin to keep the house majority safe and add seats around the edges.

in certain states...and I don't think Sanders can win period.

My nightmare is he is the nominee...(I actually dreamed this a few times) we lose the house and more Senate seats...and the presidency. Trump now has absolute power. I wake up in a cold sweat because I know it could happen.

There is no purity test, just some prefer another candidate over the others, we here are Democrats and will vote for the Democratic nominee, even if it's not the one we currently support. Right?

are capable of winning the states we need to defeat Trump...MI, WI and PA...and we have to hold what we took last time...like Virginia...where only Biden was shown as winning in a general. And we could lose the house if we run left...moderates gave us the house in 18.

him. I'm going to support my candidate till there is a clear nominee.

What candidate do you think can't carry those specific states?

If they can't win in November, what's the point? It's not who I like or you like, but who can win enough states to beat trump in November. We are a Center/Left Country no matter how folks want it to be different.

of knocking on doors, phone banking, licking envelopes, answering phones, attending rallies, local democratic party committee, anything that the democratic candidate needed me to do.

I agree with you 100%! Democrats nominate Democrats!

don't some folks get it? I too have worked too hard to let it all be wasted. I only support true members of the Democratic Party. I don't understand folks who think they can just show up every 4 years.

I agree with this 1,000%. I support the Democratic party. I will not vote for nor will I support any candidate that refuses, in name or otherwise, to be a Democrat or to support other Democrats.

If you think center dems, independents and moderate Republicans are ever voting for a socialist no matter if Hillary and Joe camp in their backyards. But if by some reason that Bernie was able to beat Trump because people are so desperate, the point the poster of this entry is still valid. A Sanders presidency will set the democrats back years to come in national legislative races as well as state and local races. You have to remember most of the country is not like AOC's district in NY. or Massachusetts or Vermont or California, but still they are democrats
A Sanders presidency cripples their/our chances to have any voice in the future. Yes I will vote and work for Sanders if he is the nominee. But the aftermath for democrats will not be pretty.should Sanders win.

that was her job.

The reality is that Sanders went on the campaign trail for her, made a lot of appearances, more than she did.

Regardless of who wins the nomination, you can rest assured that Bernie will be out on the campaign trail getting Trump out.

they wouldn't go. Some did, but a lot just stayed home. I think the same thing would happen with Biden's voters.

...I think you're selling Bernie and the times we live in a little short...

...Bernie can and will make the case for all of what we need while taking the most aggressive fight to trump...

...the way I see it, us and Bernie are the CENTER...

I do not want to see Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House

coming regardless of the nominee. she predicted trumps win AND the blue wave of the last two years.

on vote blue.

I will vote blue no matter who...

To already know in advance which candidate is the right one and the wrong one when not even one vote has been cast. And to know which purity tests are ok and which are not - because there are purity tests all over this forum, including from supporters of your preferred candidate. But YOU have it all figured out and are able to see the future. Truly amazing.

..Bernie does not unite, he divides. Biden unites us against Trump.

..Bernie will by nature, create division. He already has. Of course supporters don't see that, because they haven't been there. I have been there. McGovern created division by his nature. Sure he was correct on important issues, but he was the wrong person for the wrong times. Bernie is a divider, not a person who unifies. He is also the wrong person for the wrong times..

I will never forget the returns coming in for McGovern..So disappointing. I couldn't believe it, but now I do. You want proof? Proof is in the one sentence below...

..Look at how Bernie has divided us?

Everybody has one! Just like one vote.

Bernie is not one for spreading the love among other Dems. Would he even endorse moderate Dems like Conor Lamb or Collin Allred? After all, they're not socialist and don't pass the purity muster. I could easily see a nominee Sanders and congressional Dems running away from each other. Bernie will wreck this party. And don't even give me that shit about his voters flooding the polls. They will vote Bernie and no one else.

He attracts the most independents and cross party votes. Go Bernie!!

are being sincere, or whether they just want to screw up the results.

Since Trump has no competition he has to worry about, some of his followers might choose to help someone they view as a weaker candidate to win the D nomination.

So it's not really a plus that he attracts cross-party votes. That tells us nothing about the motivation of those voters.

Or they are independents who will vote for Bernie if hes the nominee...


Or these pollsters have no idea what they are doing and we shouldn't listen to them about anything and stop speculating about who is better to beat who.

they think will be weak against Trump.

Primaries. They are just liars. I tend to think pollsters are a little better at doing their job than that.

They work with lists of registered voters, and they have a standard script to follow -- which wouldn't eliminate a liar.

Without evidence is something completely different.

Voting for Jill Stein might have meant they thought Stein was more progressive.

But no one who voted for Trump could have thought that.

Are amusing.

Would not have voted for Bernie if he was the nominee?because that is the accusation you made originally.

who voted for Trump, even though they voted for Sanders in the primary.

First they are lying and not actual Bernie voters. Now they are actual bernie voters who are Terrible because they let trump win. Which is it?

went on to vote for Trump in the general.

Others went on to vote for Jill. The Stein voters probably thought they were voting for a more progressive candidate.

But the Bernie voters who switched to Trump didn't do so because he was more progressive than Hillary. So they may have never been Democrats or progressives at all. When they picked Trump as their general election candidate, they revealed their true leanings.

Who had no loyalty to a party and were voting based on the candidate?

Should be the goal. Not the other way around.

when he became presumptive nominee; and who used their vote to choose the candidate they'd prefer for him to face in the general.

for Bernie, based on the issues, and then for Trump.

Hillary ran on the unity platform she and Bernie worked on together.

Trump opposed almost everything Bernie and Hillary cared about.

And Bush and Reagan and on and on. It happens in every election.

Are you talking about sanders’ so-called voter revolution? That concept does not seem to have any basis in reality. Please explain how this concept works in the real world

sanders is a very weak candidate who would kill downballot candidates. I would hate to lose the House due to sanders being at the top of the ticket

If you want to hurt downballot candidates, then no better way than to repeat the actions that lead us to the 2016 result.

The real world evidence is that Bernie actually doesnt appear to have the most progressive base as we would expect. Meaning he is actually pulling in people from across party lines and independents.

The fact that down ballot candidates in swing districts are supporting Joe Biden is great ptoof. No down ballot candidate in a swing district wants an extremely weak candidate like sanders at thr top of the ticket

For example Colin Allred flipped a seat in Texas in 2018 and is supporting Joe Biden

Link to tweet

If a very weak candidate like sanders is the nominee, trump will win 45+ states and down ballot candidates will lose

Nothing we put up will be toxic to the republic.

...in the past I've voted for Dems that were not my first choice but I voted gladly considering the alternative...

...you really can't predict with certainty an election outcome, anything and everything's possible...

...I know, it's hard when you've supported and worked your ass off for a candidate that didn't make it...but I've always gotten behind and supported our Dem winner...

...when the people speak and give Bernie nomination, I hope you'll consider returning the favor...

...we are all in this together...

...I know it will be hard, but I hope you'll consider doing for the candidate who wins what you expect others to have done for Bernie...

...those who supported Nader got over it and were fine, and you will be too...

...we are all in this together...

...thank you for the inspiration, ehrnst

To go against that for some shallow, fleeting primary victory is foolish and suicidal.

I and a large number of real democrats have been working hard to turn Texas blue. After the 2010 elections, the GOP had 101 members of the Texas state House compared to 49 Democrats. Now we are 9 seats away from flipping control and having the ability to block partisan redistricting this cycle. Texas is scheduled to get three additional congressional seats

sanders would kill down ballot candidates in Texas. I am working too hard to see this work thrown away by having an unelectable candidate at the top of the ticket

USD 8 million to elect Dem Reps to Congress in 2018?

Only ONE of the current candidates did that. Just sayin'

Joe Biden and Liz Warren endorsed Democrat Eliz Markowitz and Beto, Julio and Bloomberg walked precincts with her.

are continuing to help Democratic candidates and will most probably continue to do so whenever and wherever Democrats are on the ballot.

They are all team players.

I wish he had not run. I wish VP Biden had not run. end.

Downballot candidates will have to stand on their own.

but still voted down ballot for Republicans and Democrats.

Not that I think that's going to happen this time around, regardless of who we nominate (I'm speaking of the ones who still have a chance of winning). Trump is going down in flames and so is a big chunk of the Republican party.

Your opinion matters no more or less than any other Democrat.

for most people, their city council, county supervisors, school board and state representatives have a lot more influence on their day to day life than POTUS.

Having a very weak candidate like sanders on the top of the ticket would kill down ballot candidates

I do not want see Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House