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Q for my liberal friends: Clinton vs Sanders...
...which are you supporting and why? What makes one better then the other for you?
I'm intellectually curious. They do have differences, absolutely, but they're similar in some aspects, too.
Conservatives and other non-liberals... go away.
I do believe that Sanders is the only candidate on either side that is being 100% honest.I might not be liberal through and through but I am voting for Bernie so I will throw in my two cents. Bernie has a 4 decade track record of serving the people rather than the corporate establishment. I truly believe he means everything he says. Of all the candidates, with the possible exception of Rand Paul, he is the least likely to get us into more unnecessary wars.
And of most importance to me at this point in history is he is the only candidate that I believe will do everything in his power to fight for true campaign finance reform. We have to put the government back into the hands of the People instead of the hands of corporations.
Hillary says the right things but it is all a means to an end. She is DEEP into the pockets of the rich and powerful. Bernie will have an uphill battle and may in the end fail at meaningful reform, but Hillary won't even try.
I do believe that Sanders is the only candidate on either side that is being 100% honest.
That's a fair assessment. I like a lot of what he says/wants, but I have been saying the devil is in the details, and lately the devil is starting to show.Even most my conservative friends believe that. They believe his policies are completely wrong, but that he is honest in his motives.
Q for my liberal friends: Clinton vs Sanders...
...which are you supporting and why? What makes one better then the other for you?
I'm intellectually curious. They do have differences, absolutely, but they're similar in some aspects, too.
Conservatives and other non-liberals... go away.
That is a mean question. It boils down to asking, if the smell of corruption, harming persons harmed by ones spouse or gross negligence with confidential government information outways a dreamer stuck in irrational fantasies out of the 19th century and internalized in the 1968 movements. That is a real disservice the Democrats are doing the traditional liberal cause.
I have to agree with the others. Love him or hate him, he's got a multi-decade track record of holding true to his beliefs and the American people. He actively participated in the black and gay rights movement decades before it became popular to do so.
I will definitely be voting for him and have already sent off my vote for him in the primary. I've thought long and hard about it, and if Hillary gets the nomination I will not vote. Just because she's facing an even worse monster doesn't mean I should vote for a lesser monster. She has no firm convictions and cares only for her own ego. I've seen her too often transform like a chameleon to fit whatever is politically popular at the time then pretend she's always held that position. Disgusting.
Even most my conservative friends believe that. They believe his policies are completely wrong, but that he is honest in his motives.
I can't vote in the Democratic primary in NY (I cashed out my D card after Kerry folded on Ohio in 2004), but I'd vote for Sanders in the general. If Clinton is the nominee, which she likely will be, I'm voting third party again.
I liked Bernie until he decided to play the "I'm more leftist" game with Hillary. The democrats have gone full out in support of illegal aliens, and gun control, otherwise I'd vote for Bernie. I want the universal health care and infrastructure investment, but if it comes at the expense of public safety I'm out
Yeah, totally agree with you there. I'm lucky that Texas has open primaries so I don't have to be a registered Democrat, but I do have to pick a side.
In NY, you have to register for a party to vote in that party's primary. I ditched the Dems a while back, so I haven't been able to vote in a primary in about 12 years.
Q for my liberal friends: Clinton vs Sanders...
...which are you supporting and why? What makes one better then the other for you?
I'm intellectually curious. They do have differences, absolutely, but they're similar in some aspects, too.
Conservatives and other non-liberals... go away.
Q for my liberal friends: Clinton vs Sanders...
...which are you supporting and why? What makes one better then the other for you?
I'm intellectually curious. They do have differences, absolutely, but they're similar in some aspects, too.
Conservatives and other non-liberals... go away.
Yeah, totally agree with you there. I'm lucky that Texas has open primaries so I don't have to be a registered Democrat, but I do have to pick a side. We'll definitely win NH and if we can get an Iowa win, I have a feeling it's going to landslide towards Bernie. There simply is zero enthusiasm for Clinton. I have a feeling it'll be 2008 all over again.
I'm not a liberal...but if I were, I'd vote for Hillary Clinton.
I just do not think Bernie Sanders, or anyone identifying as a socialist of any kind, can get elected in the United States at this time.
Or at least those where the words I would have typed if this question were put to me a month and a half ago.
I would still vote for Hillary Clinton...but the certainty of Bernie Sanders defeat if he is nominated is not with me any more. Some of the things I am hearing from people I would have sworn would not vote for him...indicates the electorate (at least in New Jersey) is waking up.
No matter which one gets the Democratic Party nomination, I will be voting for that person with a smile on my face...and certainly in my mind that I have done the right thing.
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