An Honest Question about November 2016

[Chasstev365]

Which is more important to you: nominating the first female nominee or electing a Democrat in the November General Election?

[giftedgirl77]

1. Well considering there is only one Den running & she happens to be female

it's a win win.

[grossproffit]

2. +1 Those pesky facts.

[B Calm]

19. You lost me on Den.

[merrily]

26. You got that far? He or she lost me at her transparency page.

[LexVegas]

3. The only Democrat running is a female. nt

[merrily]

27. Does posting that played out lie make you feel clever?

[hereforthevoting]

4. For me it is electing a dem

Who is more than one in just name only.

[Jitter65]

6. So that leaves out Bernie> nt

[hereforthevoting]

8. At this rate there will be no one to vote for at all

So I could stay home.

No one needs my vote in the ge, anyway, ya'll got it covered.

[grossproffit]

9. That's the impression many are getting from BS supporters.

[merrily]

28. He is the not the one who was president of his college's College Republicans organization.

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He's the one who was a community organizer in college for civil rights and helping the poor.

[firebrand80]

5. #2 is more important

That's why I support Hillary

[grossproffit]

7. I'm really sick of this "first female" crap.

It's really offensive but you probably already knew that.

[brooklynite]

10. The latter...which is why I'mdoing the former

[JoePhilly]

11. With Hillary, I get both. It's a win-win.

[NCTraveler]

20. +1. Exactly my thoughts. nt.

[djean111]

12. Too bad there is not a woman candidate who is actually a Democrat on the issues.

So - I want Bernie. Looking at values and issues, not gender and the now-meaningless "D".

[SheilaT]

13. I don't want the first female President to be elected only because she's a female,

regardless of her past record.

The prospect of a Hillary Clinton Presidency depresses me on many levels. First off, her "qualifications" are nonsense. Her judgement in the international arena is truly terrible. Her glib lies on virtually everything are pathetic ("We dodged sniper fire in Bosnia", "Most illegal guns in New York come from Vermont&quot . They show that she will simply say anything that comes to mind if she thinks it makes some point, and is blissfully unaware that in this brave new world of the internet facts, those pesky things, can be checked.

She changes her mind every time she thinks it will be to her advantage and co-opts positions she once opposed if she thinks that supporting them will give her votes. Notice she no longer mentions supporting a $12 minimum wage and acts as if she's been in favor of $15 all along.

It just goes on and on.

[Betty Karlson]

14. Electing a progressive. If (s)he happens to be a Democrat: even better.

[BernieforPres2016]

15. Neither. I don't go for identity politics.

There are many Democrats I don't like, many female politicians I don't like, and Hillary belongs to both groups.

I would be supporting Bernie whether he was running as a Democrat or as a Green Party candidate or as an Independent. What is important to me is electing somebody who is honest and will do his or her best to get money out of politics and take the country back from the special interests who are running it.

[rock]

16. Electing a Democrat

Why do you ask?
Welcome to DU.

[Lizzie Poppet]

17. C: None of the above.

I couldn't care less about either of those factors. A female nominee is an "it would be nice" thing...not something that actually influences me in terms of supporting a candidate. Hillary and I share the same lack of a Y chromosome...but almost nothing else.

I also couldn't care less if the next president has a "D" behind their name. That's just branding. What matters to me is that they fight for progressive causes.

[NCTraveler]

18. Electing a progressive in the GE.

Awesome enough, the progressive the people are choosing also happens to be a woman. Win win for me.

[apnu]

23. Hillary is not a progressive, she is a liberal.

She has never, seriously, claimed to be a progressive. Her stances and policies put her, firmly in the liberal realm. And of them, she's a moderate. She's a bit to the right of Al Franken. She's still firmly on the left side, but I'd never think of her as a progressive.

[NCTraveler]

25. ok. Rock on. nt.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

21. I don't vote based on gender or party labels.

[Dem2]

22. Whenever I see a question phrased this way on reddit

I automatically DV. I would in this case as it's as loaded a question as one can pose.

[apnu]

24. There will be a D on the ballot.

It might be Bernie, it might be Hillary. Whomever it is, I'm voting for that person. And I will sleep well with my choice.