If your candidate doesn't make it through the primaries, will you still vote in the General Election?

I will vote.

For sure. In fact Imm not getting tone tout of shape supporting one over the other because I know I’ll support whomever.

My first choice is Bernie. My second choice is Hillary.

I will not vote a Republican into office.

Yes, I’ll vote. I always look at all candidates but I’m so philosophically opposite of the Democrats that it is unlikely that any would look viable. It’s looking like the candidates on both sides are going to be less than desirable so the lesser of two evils get my vote. Third party candidates are typically single issue candidates and don’t make the first cut for me. With any luck, I’ll be dead before the real damage from this election is realized.

My candidate rarely does. I usually have to choose between the lesser of two weasels.

Yes, I will vote. I will vote for someone or maybe against someone, but I will vote.

Besides, there are a lot of “downballot” offices and propositions that deserve a vote.

I will always vote. The president is not the only position on the ticket. An argument could be made that it’s not even the most important one on the ticket.

Yes, absolutely. And @Seek is right, there is always other important local issues and positions to vote for.

I’ll vote. There are additional issues. I’m pulling for Sanders, but if Clinton takes it, I’ll vote for her of course & so will Bernie.

Following what Seek says, I think trying to regain control of the House and Senate is key.

(And please forgive ridiculous auto-corrects on my posts. I’m solely on a mini right now.)

Of course as there are a lot of state and local elections that day where my vote will actually matter most.

I will. I do consider candidates from the other party, it just depends who it is. I’m not going to vote for a Evangelical Christian who wears his religion on his sleeve and cites it when talking about running the country and changing laws. That’s a nonstarter for me. I am a democrat, but I seriously considered Mitt Romney, and I thought I was going to consider McCain, but he seemed to change so much when running for national office.

I’m a conservative living in Ca so I’m used to my vote not counting. Occasionally we can muster enough votes to be an annoyance to the liberals here. Kinda like a fly at a dinner party. I live for those moments. If nothing else I will cancel out someone’s vote.

Of course! If my candidate doesn’t make it, I’ll still back my party. (The lesser of two evils.)

God, yes.

Most likely not wasting my time on President, because of this

And as Matt Taibi point out today, our political system and election cycle is a bad tv show.

Please, remember that George W. Bush won the election in 2000 by only 537 votes in Florida. Every vote matters. He lost the popular vote. More Americans wanted Gore to win, but Bush became President, because he won more electoral votes. It’s a crazy system, but it’s the one we have to work with for now. Perhaps someday it will change.

I will vote. I feel very strongly that people should vote. People fought for your right to vote, people died for your right to vote. We should all vote.

If they were to take our right to vote away from us, I’m betting everyone would be up in arms. I Know a lot of people here said they do vote and will vote, but in the “real world” there are a lot of people that don’t vote.

@jca
If you watch the video that I posted above, you will see that the right to vote may have already been taken away from us. Is this not the biggest form of voter suppression?

I’ll take the 5th on this, but, I’m with @Espiritus_Corvus all the way.

Oh sure @Coloma make me use the scroll button

I will definitely vote, but I expect to be less happy about it than ever. And I thought I was about as unhappy about it as I could get. That was a long time ago.

This election may have us saying out loud, “Well, at least it can’t get any worse.”

And we’ve been wrong about that before, too.

@rojo, you don’t have to. Just click the link.

If the Republicans hold tight on their refusal to even acknowledge a Supreme Court nominee from Obama, I’ll vote my first straight Democratic ticket.

It will be my first vote for a Democratic President, having either voted Republican or abstained since I started voting.

What part of the ‘Trump protest’ don’t the assholes get?

I always vote. If Bernie doesn’t make it, I’m just going to write his name in. I genuinely don’t like Hillary Clinton and I won’t support her. Nor will I support any Republicans – ever.

@DrasticDreamer :: Think about that. By doing that we could end up with President Cruz or Trump.

You might not like Hillary but the other options are far worse.

I voted for Nader in 2000. I know about this shit.

@johnpowell I know. I’ve never done it this way before, but I’m so sick of the system how it currently is. I feel like a fraud over and over when I vote for the lesser of two evils. How will anything ever change if people keep doing that? :-/

@DrasticDreamer When the greater of two evils is so much greater, you have to make your vote count.

The bird & everyone else got it right. The setup may suck, but to ignore the threat of a President Trump is unforgivable.

Again, I see your points, but people have to start change somewhere. I’ve never done this before and I keep saying I won’t vote for her, but if it comes down to her and Trump, I might change my tune. I’m just hoping it doesn’t come to that and Trump doesn’t make it that far.

It’s honestly getting to the point for me that, if things stay the same, I’m going to entirely give up on the country and move somewhere else. Our elections are rigged and things are forced on us and I don’t want to be a part of it anymore.

I get your frustration. I lived through the Supreme court appointing Bush and then his getting elected again through lies.

The day the Irag war started I was down on the Burnside bridge throwing rocks at the SWAT team and then we blocked I-5 over by OMSI for a few hours. I know frustration.

I know Hillary isn’t perfect (I will hold my nose when I vote for her) but the other options are so much worse.

I think it looks increasingly likely that Bloomberg will get into the race.

If he cares about the country enough to spend a billion of his own money keeping Trump out of the White House, he has my vote.

I love Bloomie.

I am voting for Cruz and hoping that my unblemished record of never having a candidate I voted for reach the white house remains intact.

You have my vote then, @rojo.