2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: A plea for reason: Regardless of your favored candidate, vote Democratic this fall! [View all]HassleCat
(6,409 posts)Our problem is we focus too much on the presidency, and we are now the minority party at every level of government. So, yeah! Vote Democratic for national, state and local offices.
In regard to the presidential election, I will vote for Clinton (assuming she is the nominee) if she doesn't run too far and too hard to the right. Sanders has pushed, pulled, tugged and teased her about as far left as possible. She even called herself a progressive for about ten minutes at one point in the campaign. We know she will run right as soon as the nomination is secure, and I accept that, but there is a line that cannot be crossed. I can't tell you where that line is, or which issue would be the tipping point but it's there. Too much hawk squawk on foreign policy might do it, as an example. Waffling on police and justice reform would be another example.