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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Faces Feisty Democratic Challenger [View all]Nevernose
(13,081 posts)My state, for instance, has "none of the above" as an option.
I've only ever used that option once. It was against a Democrat in a non-partisan race. I had to look up the party affiliations myself, because I'm incredibly partisan. This guy, however, was an incompetent asshole. I'd spent enough time in his non-elected hearing master courtroom as a paper pusher to know that he was dangerous to the public regardless of party affiliation.
I bring this up because there are rarely, but more often than I'd like, assholes who run as Dems. Like Sheriff Clark.
To be honest, I guess it's a combination of not voting for assholes and wanting to vote my values that just happens to coincide with the Democrat 99.9% of the time.
(If you couldn't tell, I'm a proud "Berniecrat." I also worked very, very hard to get Hillary elected; even with "nobody" as an option she carried my state)