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[Hoyt]

1. Question is, are you going to vote for Biden in November?

[milestogo]

3. I will vote for the Democratic candidate in November.

[Hoyt]

5. Good deal.

[secondwind]

58. Thank you!!!!!!

[notinkansas]

10. You probably don't really need to ask that.

Voting for the Democratic candidate is a given.

[The Magistrate]

12. Not Really, Sir

Around a quarter of the people who voted for Sanders in the 2016 primary did not cast ballots for the Democratic nominee that November. So putting up a dollar to get back four would be reasonable odds. A bit long but hardly daunting.





"From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."

[thesquanderer]

53. Even if Sanders supporters who would not vote for Biden in November...

...are a quarter overall, they are probably a very tiny percentage of DU folks, especially among long time posters.

[The Magistrate]

54. Possibly, Sir

But odds are odds.





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."

[Hoyt]

14. Not if 2016 is any indication. We don't need trump for another 4 years because Sanders' voters pout

I appreciate OP's confirmation of supporting nominee.

[Cornus]

2. Thank you

I plan on doing that too, but not until June.

[Mr.Bill]

4. No hostility here.

I'm glad you voted.

I can give you a link to some right wing sites where they will call you a communist if that would make you feel better, though.

[notinkansas]

21. Oh no. Plenty of hostility here.

[Mr.Bill]

22. This place is a tip of the hat compared

to some conservative sites I troll.

[dware]

45. Ain't that the truth. nt

[AirmensMom]

6. You first.

Oh wait, you already did.

I’m glad you voted for the candidate you like. And I was going to say yay, even though I voted for Biden. But then I clicked on your op and saw the snark. How is that helpful?

[Peacetrain]

7. Okay

[notinkansas]

8. I did, too.

Bless you for participating in spite of the repub efforts to mess the whole thing up.

[Me.]

9. Why?

to continue a fruitless endeavor in a time such as this? And yes it is snark because the days of pointless grandstanding need to end.

[W_HAMILTON]

11. I hope you voted for the liberal for the state supreme court seat.

[ibegurpard]

17. That's the really important Wisconsin race

How we can continue to miss the gravity of the court races and also who appoints the unelected ones is astounding to me. And all down-ballot races are incredibly important as we can see from the redistricting that followed the 2010 mid-terms.

[milestogo]

27. Of course.

I really don't like this idea of electing supreme court judges. People end up buying their seats on the court.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

62. Would you rather have them appointed by the governor?

I think they would still have to pay for their seats. It's a matter of who gets paid.

[caraher]

13. I hope you stayed safe and healthy

Although I think Bernie should pack it in, your state held an election and you voted for the candidate of your choice. Good job!

And of course the election included more than our primary.

[Vogon_Glory]

15. Nice for you

Just remember that the folks who voted for Ralph Nader in 2000 and Jill Stein in 2016 thought that their pure thoughts and unblemished idealism could overcome dark money, dirty tricks, deceit, division and lies and brought us eight years of Dubya and Orange Julius’ first term.

I’ll applaud you for voting, but don’t expect me to have high regard for your judgment.

I do hope you paid attention to those down-ballot contests.

[democrattotheend]

32. Sorry, but voting third party in a general election is not the same thing

As voting for your candidate of choice in the primary. The OP already said he or she would vote for whomever the Democrats nominate in November.

You should be glad for every brave Democrat who turned out in Wisconsin today no matter which presidential candidate they voted for. There's a general election for a state supreme court seat and many other judgeships in Wisconsin happening today, that many, mostly Dems in urban areas, won't be able to participate in due to health concerns and ridiculously long lines due to the state cutting 180 polling places in Milwaukee down to 5.

[pazzyanne]

16. Most people here believe that GOTV is the most important thing.

Glad that you did that, and also appreciate your willingness to vote for the Democratic nominee in the general election. My primary goal is to vote tRump out of office, and I respect anyone who has the same goal!

[texasfiddler]

18. I want that right wing state SC justice to lose

I think that is why they made Wisconsin vote.

[milestogo]

25. they screwed with Milwaukee by keeping 5 polling stations open instead of 180

this is called disenfranchising the black community

[texasfiddler]

28. Yeah. That is why I said what I said

What I want to happen and what will happen because of Republican tricks and cheating are two different things unfortunately

[nolabear]

19. Thank you for exercising your right to vote.

I’m curious about the post though. Is it because you’re angry at us Biden supporters and want evidence we’re not just supporters but terrible people?

I know it gets rough when people are scared and angry but why encourage it?

Good on you for voting!

[ismnotwasm]

20. How was that?

We’re people practicing social distancing, wearing mask etc? Were the polling booths set up in a way to decease viral transmission? Was hand sanitizer available, and was every thing wiped down between people?

[milestogo]

24. It was pretty well done.

We have same day registration in Wisconsin, so the person doing that was sitting outside.

Its just a one block walk for me, and it was my normal polling station. Apparently another precinct had been added, but it wasn't overloaded like the polls in Milwaukee.

Inside everyone was wearing gloves and a mask, and I wore my own. I wore my coat so I never touched anything.

There were plastic shields in front of the people who had to check your ID.

The one glitch, and its a big one, was that the ballot scanner kept jamming. There were 2 poll workers trying to fix it - one guy without gloves was opening it up and trying to fix it while another person was reading the instructions. After a few minutes a half dozen of us were standing around with our ballots, since we couldn't put them in the scanner.

So they decided they had to call for another machine. One person collected all our ballots and put them in a transparent plastic bag. There were about 8 poll workers who saw her do this so I wasn't worried about my ballot. This could have happened at any election and it probably does.

[ismnotwasm]

39. That is really cool, thank you

Weird about the scanner, but they’re like copy machines I think. I love poll workers, they’re the best

[milestogo]

40. At one point the instructions said to "dance with the machine"

I thought it was a joke, but they were dead serious. So the poll worker, a black woman, kind of danced from side to side with it. Didn't fix the scanner though. Maybe it wasn't the right dance.

[ismnotwasm]

46. Okay, I shouldn't laugh

But the visual from that is funny. On the other hand, it’s sad it was so messed up

[milestogo]

50. Its something you can't believe would be in the instructions, but hey.

I'm in IT, and I don't know how many times I've told users to open and shut the paper bins on the copier because the copier likes it. That's not in the manual, its just something everybody does.

I did not laugh at the dancing poll worker, but the situation was kind of absurd now that I think about it.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

23. "Let the snark, hostility, and verbal violence begin."

Is that the response you want?

[Demsrule86]

26. The only snark and verbal violence I see is in you post...It seems to me you seem to think

we care desperately who you voted for which is not the case. It is a primary.

[Walleye]

29. Verbal violence? That's a bit much.

[IADEMO2004]

30. 2 recs is all the snark I need.

[BlueIdaho]

31. Stop being such a drama queen.

And thanks for voting. Stay Safe!

[Docreed2003]

33. Eh, you're good people miles

Good on you for voting.

[Dem4Life1102]

34. Why are you still Undecided

if you voted for Sanders?

[dailytroubadour]

35. You have every right

to vote for whomever you want to, and I respect you for exercising that right.

[creeksneakers2]

36. The longer the primary drags on

the more it benefits Trump. What did you accomplish that outweighed that?

[SamKnause]

37. Thank you.

[Cha]

38. You started this Divisiveness. Own it.

[mikelgb]

41. k+r, hope you stayed safe and healthy

[Tarc]

42. Bit of a waste and completely pointless at this point in time

This is basically like a Nader 2000 or Stein 2016 voter at this point.

[MineralMan]

43. Thanks for voting in tough conditions.

[dware]

44. Hey, it's your vote,

and if you wanted to vote for Sen. Sanders, that is your right.

[Don1]

47. Good job.

You participated in democracy by voting for the person best representing the policies you believe in. In the general election, you will participate in democracy again by voting for the Democrat...which 99.99% means Joe Biden.

That is good news and the most logical path for you based on your values. Joe Biden and Bernie are closer than people say during a competitive primary. And they are both good guys.

Russianpublican trolls want to divide us. We also need less bullying, less negativity and more people to recognize this.

Go Democracy!

[George II]

48. Well if you exercised your right to vote and voted for Sanders, WHY are you still "undecided"?

[LongtimeAZDem]

60. Lol; good question

[Suzanbanbuzan]

51. Good Exercise

Okay. Now I get it. The pieces fell into place as I was logging in to respond to this post. It was a misunderstanding on my part. The Democratic Underground here could, in my opinion, be more accurately be called the Democratic Party Underground. That said, good for you, good for us. We vote by mail in my state and I will be voting for Bernie Sanders also.

[The Magistrate]

52. That Is a Fair Enough Read Of The Place, Ma'am

Welcome to the forum, should you decide to stay.

The proprietors' rules do enjoin support for Democrats, and disallow third party support during elections. Otherwise, the place does skew pretty strongly to the left, though in the Primaries forum, that may not be so apparent.

[George II]

55. "The Democratic Underground here could, in my opinion, be more accurately be called.....

....the Democratic Party Underground."

As a newcomer you might want to read the "about" page to get a feel for what "Democratic Underground" really is. Enjoy:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=aboutus

[GulfCoast66]

59. Welcome to DU.

Here’s my read on DU. A site called Democratic Underground that has rules that to be here you must support the Democratic candidate is kind of likely to support a Democratic Party member

We, by and are large, are not progressive underground. Most here are not self avoid socialist. Because most here are even more educated that me and know what socialism really is.

If you want a home with lots of Social Democrats this is it. It you are looking for a place for Democratic Socialist you will have some friends but not the majority.

But as long as you promise to support the Democratic Party nominee and are not insulting it is a great site.

I love it. But although I am called a flaming liberal by my friends I’m seen to be a moderate here!

[Blue_true]

56. Wow. Seems you came for a fight. Why even post? nt

[GeorgiaPeanut]

57. Anything anyone does for Bernie has to be shouted from the rooftops

[whistler162]

61. Well here you go......

[honest.abe]

63. Funny you are still identified as undecided.

Is there a hidden message there??

[ehrnst]

64. I think it was Dolly Parton who once said:

[Squinch]

65. .

[mercuryblues]

66. I would say that

the snark, hostility, and verbal violence began with your OP. Some would call that projection.