Endorsements. How much do they matter? Do they influence you?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

I will give you my own take which is that endorsements in the long run mean diddly-squat. Especially endorsements at this stage of the game.

If someone I respect and admire endorses my favorite candidate I'm pleased, but that's already my favorite candidate. If that same someone endorses my least favorite candidate I simply wonder what's wrong with that someone. It doesn't change my mind.

How about you? Do endorsements sway you? Not matter at all? I'm simply curious about how others think.

[Lexee]

1. It doesn't matter to me, never has. But, I think it does matter and does influence when endorsing

a misogynist creep over a solid Democratic candidate, lol.

[NurseJackie]

2. When a sexist pig is endorsed by someone,

... it makes me think less of the man or woman making the endorsement.

[RandySF]

3. They never have.

[Jake Stern]

4. Endorsements don't mean spit.

I base my support of a candidate on their positions or, to be quite frank, their electability at least as I perceive it and NOT on who EMILY's List, Justice Democrats, the Congressional Black Caucus and so on give their imprimatur to.

In fact, it annoys me when a candidate starts touting their latest endorsement by the Boogerville Fish Wrapper.

[Sherman A1]

5. Not at all

I will check the local Union endorsements on candidates and issues in the immediate area as a double check, but as far as politicians, officials or celebrities endorsing one candidate over the other it means less than zero to me.

[murielm99]

6. It depends on who is doing the endorsing.

If someone is a Congressman or a Senator, and they get few endorsements or none at all from their peers, then I wonder.

Are they effective where they are? Would they be effective in a higher office? Do they know how to work with others? I could not support someone whose peers do not support him or her.

[Demsrule86]

7. It helps with funding.

[sagesnow]

8. No

[Amimnoch]

9. Some do hold weight with me.

Who and why they endorse does.

If it’s someone like Pelosi, and she came out and endorsed Warren with the stated belief that Warren is the best one to take on Trump in the GE, yeah, I’d give very strong consideration to changing my support. Probably would.

But yeah, there’s a very small number of endorsements that would get me to give strong consideration based on their endorsement.

[CTyankee]

10. Somewhat, yes. If a candidate is endorsed by EMILY's list, a major union organization(s), the

ACLU, for example, that signals that the candidate favors what I do: women's rights, union rights, free speech, etc. Duh.

But I still obtain lots of info on the candidates and read, read, read...

[MineralMan]

11. Endorsements by individuals are meaningless to me. However,

endorsements by organizations I respect tend to influence me. Finally, for some local offices, the endorsement of the DFL Party in that local district is something I often consult before voting.

Politicians endorsing each other? Meh...

[redqueen]

12. Same here.

Unless it's someone I trust (not many) then it doesn't mean anything.

In fact, with as much horse trading BS goes on up there, it almost works in the opposite direction.

[crazytown]

13. Gore endorsed Dean eom.

[treestar]

14. No, but people who don't normally pay attention

might listen.

[highplainsdem]

15. Nailed it. Endorsements matter most to people who aren't paying close attention to a race but who

have a lot of respect for someone who endorses one of the candidates.