It's the General Election, and your candidate didn't win the Primary.. who are YOU voting for?

[RoadRage]

Poll question: It's the General Election, and your candidate didn't win the Primary.. who are YOU voting for?

Alright.. pretend right now that it's November. You're preferred candidate (Clinton or Obama) did NOT win the primary - who are you going to vote for?

If you pick something other then choice #1.. please explain why you picked that as your choice!

[MissWaverly]

1. I would write in Obama's name, I am not voting for Hill & Bill

I am voting for Obama, I voted for him in Maryland in the primary, I have sent him money, and I am on the Hope Train.

[MzShellG]

9. I like that idea. nt

[tammywammy]

14. Then that's one more vote for McCain

[RoadRage]

17. I'm a HUGE Obama fan.. but why do that to ourselves?

Do you think that McCain would be better then Hillary. Take her pathetic excuse for a campaign and all of the shenanigans out of the mix for 2 seconds. At least she'll aim (probably won't suceed) for universal health care. She'll certainly push judges that are far more left then McCain.

Or, are you not really a democrat - just like Obama (no slam on that, I know a lot of people voting for him are very central, so Hillary's positions are NOT necessarily well recieved).

Thanks

[MissWaverly]

19. sorry, I am lifelong democrat but I don't support the Clintons

I think they demeaned the office of the presidency while
they were in, I am not voting for McCain, I will vote for
Obama but I am not supporting the Clinton's trashing the
presidency again.

[0007]

26. Listen to the jingle the rumble and roar - The Hope Train is roaring......

Hey listen to the jingle, hear the rumble, hear the roar
As she comes down the mountains, through the hills and by the shore
Hear the mighty rush of engine, hear the lonesome clinton call
Aaahhhhh! You're racing through the jungle on the Obama's Cannonball

[RamboLiberal]

28. Same here - she ticked me off last week when

she went with the silly plagiarism charge. But I had been on slow boil with the tactics she and Bill had been employing before that.

[MissWaverly]

37. me too, I did not like their antics in Nevada

or their wisecracks about Jesse Jackson.

I like Obama more every day.

:-)

[AX10]

30. I would write-in Hillary.

[pbca]

I'm with you

No more Clintons - after this year not ever. At this point I've even decided that the 70+ Clintonites on my ignore list are staying after the primaries.

[eleny]

2. The Dem who wins the nom

Edit to add - This Kucinich supporter will do so with a clothespin on her nose.

[SoFlaJet]

3. I was for Gore first

when it became clear he wasn't running; Edwards and when his camp came out and said they didn't expect to win ANY primaries I switched to Obama a week before the Fla primary

[gateley]

4. Ditto - the Dem who wins the nom. At that point, we're voting AGAINST another

four -- or eight -- years of Republican rule. No brainer.

[Selatius]

5. Given that I live in Mississippi and the Electoral College, I'd probably stay home.

You only need a simple plurality to win 100 percent of the electoral votes, even if the plurality goes as low as 35%.

[Hippo_Tron]

34. Ronnie Musgrove has an outside shot at the Senate seat

So I hope you won't stay home.

[peace13]

6. Can't say for certain.

But if it comes a day when I am voting for Hillary after her shenanigans over the past week then I will say that this country is in a world of hurt. We would have had to have something really bad happen for me to cast that vote. Sorry, don't flame me. I'm just saying what I feel at this point. Keep in mind that I am a Kucinch fan and have had to reconstitute my thinking many times throughout this campaign.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

7. I'm An Intelligent Person Who Cares About The World And Am Not A Selfish Jerkoff. Of Course I'd

vote for the Dem nominee.

[RoadRage]

18. Thanks.. luckily it looks like 80% of this board is with you..

I'm not sure what to make of the fact that more would vote for McCain then Nader.. honestly not sure which is worse. :puke:

[Coexist]

8. I wish posters would stop trying to trick other posters into saying they support Nader

so they can then Alert on them and get them tombstoned.

There have been several of these transparent threads today, and it is getting annoying.

Maybe this is one, maybe not - but the chumming is getting sick.

[UALRBSofL]

10. From this poll if it reflects the general public

It looks like Clinton supporters would write her name in and Obama supporters would do the same in the GE.

[AndyTiedye]

11. If That is True, Then McCain Will Win by a Landslide

Our party is almost evenly divided. We can't win the half that loses the primary stays home.

Not only would we lose the Presidency by a landslide, we would lose Congress and some governorships too.

[RoadRage]

15. I'm not trying to "trick" anyone into saying that they support Nader..

and frankly why would that be any worse then saying you support McCain?

I've seen quite a few people say that they understand Nader's point of view (i really don't - I think he's an egotistical ass myself, but that's just my opinion). Anyway.. i haven't seen anyone tombstoned over it.

[endarkenment]

43. "Ralph Nader": obviously a trick choice.

You are luring the naderites into selecting nader, you sneaky underhanded bastard!

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

12. The Dem. And anyone who wouldn't should GTFO DU.

[WA98070]

25. Why should I vote for another DINO?

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

27. I don't give a fuck if you vote for a DINO, a RHINO or a HIPPO

Third party advocacy on DU will earn you a troll slab.

[Florida22ndDistrict]

13. The GE candidates are not final...

1) There is no guarantee that the democrat candidate will be either of the two mentioned, due to their inability to unite the party and deliver a decisive win.

2) Ralph Nader has not won the Green Party nomination and is having a run for his money by Cynthia McKinney. There is no guarantee he will represent their party.

3) I'm sure there will be others running as well. Ron Paul may run as a Libertarian.

4) Unity08 may have a candidate on the ballot depending on what happens with their court case.

5) Bloonberg may run as an Independent

6) McCain, is about the only one in the poll that has come close to locking it up and he is not even certain until the convention.

Why not wait until you know who will be running in the general election to get an understanding of where people stand?

[RoadRage]

16. "Why not wait until you know who will be running in the general election to get an understanding

of where people stand?"

Right.. i'm just jumping off a cliff of complete uncertainty here.

1. Yeah.. there is no guarantee that Barack or Hillary will win the nominee - but i'd give it about a 95% certainty. I know people want Al Gore to just appear like god and "save" the democrats - but it's not happening. Frankly, at this point I don't think he'd be viewed as any better then the other two running by a majority. Obama people like Obama. Clinton people like Clinton. Throwing a 3rd person in who wasn't elected by either is a sure way to get people to stay home.

2. I don't believe my poll said anything about Nader winning the "Green Party" nomination - but he is RUNNING. The Republicans will make sure he is well funded to be on the ticket.

3. Ron Paul has not announced his bid, so he's not in this poll. Ironic that you accuse me of jumping the gun here, but yet you want me to put phantom players into the mix who aren't even out there yet.

#'s 4 & 5 - see response for number 3. I'm basing my poll on the information I have as of today. Don't worry - if other things transpire, i'm sure I or someone else will come up with a whole brand new poll!! WOW

6. McCain.. yes, he probably does have it locked up. Although I find it Ironic again that in your rantings about how horrible my poll is that you neglected to kick me on NOT including Huckabee... i mean, why not at this point, right? A "miracle" could still happen.. shame on me.

[RoadRage]

20. bumping for more votes

[Infinite Hope]

21. Can't vote for Hillary and the continuation of Bush Co's manipulative and self-obsessed politics.

And to think before January 2008 I could still tolerate her.

[RoadRage]

22. OK.. but McCain would be better?

Or Nader.. who would just be a vote for Nader? Just curious.. i'm not a Hillary supporter at all - but i think she's better then anything else, if Obama doesn't win the nom.

[Infinite Hope]

36. Anything is better than machine politics of deceit and manipulation.

Reality is preferred to a false world. I would hope a serious candidate would emerge as an alternative so people like me won't have to hold our nose and vote for someone like Hillary.

[MadBadger]

23. Time for those 6 who voted for McLame to take a hike.

[Johnny__Motown]

24. If Clinton steals the nomination she won't get my vote

[adoraz]

29. McCain

I am an independent, so I don't feel loyal to either party.

A lot of people here are democrats though, and I think they should vote for whoever wins the democratic nomination.

[AX10]

31. Write-in Hillary Clinton.

[Lilith Velkor]

32. Fuck your loyalty oath. n/t

[NastyRiffraff]

33. What are the McCain voters doing on this board?

They have a perfect right to vote for whomever they want, but I don't want to see McCain apologists posting here. Ditto Nader.

[Kitty Herder]

35. I'm not sure. It depends.

If it looks like there's a chance that the race could be tight here in Utah, I'll vote for the Democrat. But the odds of that happening are slim. If it does happen, I'll be looking up in the sky to see if pigs are flying. In 2004, Bush won 71.5% of the popular vote here.

I might vote for a third-party candidate if it looks like all of Utah's electoral votes are going to the Republicans again. My vote doesn't matter in the GE, so I vote my conscience since it's not like I'm actually hurting the Democrat.

[MoonRiver]

38. Probably stay home, but I'm not sure yet.

edit: It's a long time to November.

[Beacool]

39. I voted stay home, but maybe I'll go for Nader.

:shrug:

[AGirl]

40. Nadar or write in for HRC.

[Skip Intro]

41. Write-in for Hillary or not vote at all.

[endarkenment]

42. 43 idiots and counting. It seems 8 years is not enough for them.

[Jersey Devil]

44. I am for Obama but definitely could vote for Hillary

I do not have the animosity for Hillary that many seem to have here. I just think she was done in by a tidal wave of support for a charismatic leader who who just happened to come along at this time.