BearNakedLadies said:
wifeisafurd said:
BearNakedLadies said:
wifeisafurd said:
I can't see any moderate voter like myself voting for him.
You're not a moderate and there are plenty of ways you'll convince yourself voting for Trump is the "lesser of two evils."
Well neither th eMrs. our me are voting for him, and she actually is a registered GOP. Regardless of how you want to evaluate me (and frankly I don't care), he isn't getting our vote. Doesn't mean the Democrat is either. But it won't be Trump.
And that is why you're not a moderate. Because you're not voting against Trump. It's so unthinkable for you to vote for a Democrat that you'd rather vote for the 2020 version of Gary Johnson so you can tell your liberal friends that you have standards and that you won't support Trump, but you won't vote for somebody where that vote could actually help defeat him.
BNL - you know, my political leanings are likely much closer to yours than to WIAF's. But I think your point would carry more weight here if WIAF lived in a state that was remotely in doubt. I don't know the man, but I think he lives in SoCal. California is going to go blue even if a million WIAFs vote Libertarian or whatever. I also live in California and will vote Dem myself, but it really doesn't matter. (Caveat: the down-ticket stuff does matter).
WIAF, what if hypothetically you and Mrs Furd lived in Pennsylvania or Michigan or Wisconsin? I think you've already said you'd vote for Biden and maybe Harris in the general election Did I get that right? But not Sanders or Warren? Any other Dems you would actually vote for rather than just voting 3rd party if you lived in a swing state?
This is the dilemma, or one of them anyway. I don't want Biden for a whole host of reasons that have been articulated. I don't think he will energize anyone. But it seems like the suburban (i.e. swing) voters in those 3 states (PA, MI, WI) do prefer him. Obviously I will vote for Biden over Trump if that's the choice, but my pessimistic prediction is that Trump will win, given the electoral college situation. The one Dem candidate that has the best shot to deliver PA, MI, WI suburbs is the one that the most energized part of the Dem party (myself included) wants least. And we are not currently at a point where Florida/Arizona/North Carolina is a likely avenue for Dem electoral success (and Ohio is just plain gone).