2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Its Time for Bernie Sanders to Apologize to his Supporters, and to President Obama [View all]bekkilyn
(454 posts)I was seriously thinking of changing my registration to Democrat over the summer, but I ultimately changed my mind, primarily because of all the Bernie bashing posts and me wondering if I really want to affiliate myself more formally with that type of attitude depending on how widespread it actually is. It *really* turns me off, especially considering how big of an ally Bernie is. The Democratic party should be thanking him profusely not only for his continuing support, but for not running as a 3rd party candidate and splitting Hillary's voting base.
So rather than change my voter registration, I joined my local Dem organization and went out and spent a few volunteer hours campaigning for Hillary and the other Democratic candidates at the polls and plan to continue to be involved in battling the fascism that is growing in this country. I still may change my registration in the future depending on the direction the Democratic party decides to take, but if they go more in the direction of the centrist, big money, Third Way stuff, then I'll probably just pass because they won't really represent my values in that particular case. Time will tell.