Early Speculation

[plumtreeblossom]

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[Poll #1175856]

Comments

[goat.livejournal.com]

I'm not affiliated with a party, so these options do not apply to me. I will, however, most likely vote for whichever democrat ends up getting the nomination.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

I will also vote for whoever the Democratic nominee is, even if it isn't my 1st choice. I was an Independent until 2004 (now I'm a Dem), but I always voted Dem in the generals.

I got curious about this because of things I was hearing said at the exit polls in PA. beowabbit and I were on last night's race like flies (and later like drunk flies), so it's weighty on my mind today.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

And now that I think of it, I forgot to put "I'm not affiliated with a party" on there. I knew I'd forget something. *headdesk*

[spwebdesign.livejournal.com]

As with goat, I'm an Independent, so these choices do not reflect my reality. The results of the Democratic primaries, though, will determine whether or not I am undecided.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Sorry I left that off, which was dumb considering that I was an Independent for so long and should have remembered.

The real data I was going for though was how divided or not the Dems are right now. The results are comforting so far.

[vanguardcdk.livejournal.com]

I'm an Independent and plan on voting thus I had to chose "other".

Of course I live in MA so my vote doesn't mean much. The state will go with the Democratic candidate no matter who it is. The only real question is what percentage Nader will get. ;)

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Wonder if the cats will vote with you. :-)

[vanguardcdk.livejournal.com]

I hope not. They tend to vote on who will give them the most catnip...

[wellstar.livejournal.com]

They tend to vote on who will give them the most catnip...

War On Drugs, anyone?

I'm with all the other non-party-affiliated people who will vote for whichever Democrat gets the nomination.

[beowabbit]

They tend to vote on who will give them the most catnip...

Oh, so that’s what the famous “stimulus package” was all about!

[earthling177.livejournal.com]

Well, everyone *says* that "my vote doesn't matter much, MA will go with the Dems" but the truth is that at least in the last couple of elections we had almost half of the votes going Republican and we could have just as well ended up with our state offering even more support for the idiot in charge today. Just look around and see how many cars have a shrub bumper sticker.

Not, mind you, that I'm happy with the 2-party system we have, but in my mind, if the Republicans get another turn or two in the presidency, it will be a 1-party system, mark my words. The time to start "sending the message" that we want more than a 2-party system is when we have removed the current leeches from the office, which is at least 4 years away now.

We now return y'all to our scheduled programing, thanks. ;-)

[sideshowbennie.livejournal.com]

In spite of the fact, in my opinion, the two candidates battling for the Democratic nomination are the two least qualified of all the Democratic candidates to do the job, I will vote for whichever of them is the eventual nominee. I was an Edwards supporter followed by Richardson and Biden. I would have loved to cast a vote FOR a candidate this year as opposed to casting a vote AGAINST McCain, but it is what it is and I will be voting againzt McCain just like I voted against Bush in the last election cycle.

[ron_newman]

I was leaning towards Edwards before he pulled out, then decided to vote for Obama, but if it ends up being Hillary, I'll take that too. She would still be an immense improvement over the idiot we have in that office today.

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

I, too, would have supported John Edwards. I am very suspicious of a candidacy that goes to the biggest fund raiser. It was lack of money that counted Edwards out, and it is plenty of money that maintains Obama's (tenaceous) lead.

Had to select Other...

[marius23.livejournal.com]

...because of the remaining choices my logically correct answer would be:
I will vote for my own party's nominee even if they weren't my 1st choice in the primary.
AND
I will vote for someone not affiliated with either major party.

[beowabbit]

You forgot “I will burn all the buildings to the ground, sow the fields with salt, go on a killing spree, launch a nuclear holocaust, and hope the descendants of the cockroaches are smarter than the morons who wouldn’t vote for my preferred candidate.”

[hill-the-khore.livejournal.com]

I would vote for someone in my party normally, but since I live in MA and my vote doesn't actually matter, there's a chance I'll vote for the third party candidate who ACTUALLY best represents my needs.

[earthling177.livejournal.com]

Well, everyone *says* that "my vote doesn't matter much, MA will go with the Dems" but the truth is that at least in the last couple of elections we had almost half of the votes going Republican and we could have just as well ended up with our state offering even more support for the idiot in charge today. Just look around and see how many cars have a shrub bumper sticker.

Not, mind you, that I'm happy with the 2-party system we have, but in my mind, if the Republicans get another turn or two in the presidency, it will be a 1-party system, mark my words. The time to start "sending the message" that we want more than a 2-party system is when we have removed the current leeches from the office, which is at least 4 years away now.

We now return y'all to our scheduled programing, thanks. ;-)

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

Just curious: what percentage of the responses came from friends-only? Were others heard from?

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

So far only friends, but it's a public poll so anybody is welcome. People can point their own friends list over here, which would give a broader sampling.

Wish I could fix it so it includes specific options for people who are neither Democrat or Republican. I should know better than to write polls early in the morning.