Hillary Fans: If Obama gets the nomination, Will you vote for him?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

Poll question: Hillary Fans: If Obama gets the nomination, Will you vote for him?

Just trying to see how high the "reconciliation mountain" is...should Obama take the nomination...

[democrattotheend]

1. Suggestion for a new option

"Only if my state is in play; otherwise I may cast a protest vote"

[Laura PourMeADrink]

3. That's a great idea. But what would I get rid of? McCain vote?

[democrattotheend]

5. Combine 3rd party (Nader) and write in

Make it "I will vote for a third party candidate or write someone in"

Either way it has the same effect. A lost vote for the Dem but not a vote for mcCain.

Also, you can include McKinney and Barr that way.

[democrattotheend]

8. Actually, you can take out the first option too

Because it's kind of redundant. Better to have them clarify whether they'd vote McCain or just vote third party, write in, or stay home. Saying "no way under any circumstances" leaves that ambiguous.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. all perfect ideas - I should have PM'd you first. I got blasted

one time for changing a poll after it started - science.

[democrattotheend]

11. Luckily nobody had picked that option yet

I did a little bit of polling in college and at work, so I am obsessive about the wording of poll questions. Sorry if I was a nag!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

No you are not - I just wish I had thought this through better - I am

big on words myself.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

10. you are right - the first one doesn't fit

[catgirl]

53. Why are you pushing this idea?

Since dems need to come together, I am suspicious of these kinds of BS
suggestions. And Obama supporters aren't likely to push this stupid idea.
Nader supporters, McCain supporters... maybe.

[mcctatas]

2. I'm an Obama supporter and if Hillary somehow manages

to get the nomination, I'll not only vote for her but I will do everything I can to make sure she is elected, does that count? :)

[Laura PourMeADrink]

4. It counts - you are a good person.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. wow, this is turning out better than I thought, so far. Maybe the

rift is not as bad as I thought.

[merwin]

13. The vocal minority on DU is very vocal

:)

[zabet]

21. Take into consideration that

people have been tombstoned according to how they voted in polls on DU. That will keep a certain amount from even voting, and can potentially make people vote different than what they will really do.

[Ronnie]

7. I'll vote hoping like mad

that passive aggressive will work this time.

[Donkeykick]

12. I voted an...

unenthusiastic yes. He is a great orator, but if he doesn't deliver a good deal about what he is telling us, than reelection will be quite difficult. If you don't believe me ask Jimmy Carter.

My only hope is, is that he gets seasoned individuals surrounding him in his administration--people that has been there done that.

Also, I only hope that he fights the GOP really hard this Fall. I felt let down on the way Kerry fought those 'Swift Boat Veterans' in tha last election.

Barack Obama: God Bless You! Good Luck! Fight Hard! :toast:

[Laura PourMeADrink]

20. I know. It reminds me of what Whoppi and Behar said on the

View. That they kind of almost wish McCain would win. They said, "he said he could fix
the bush mess, let's let him fix it."

You are so right. The mountain of Bush mess is higher than Everest. And there will be many waiting to
jump on his every little misstep. But, I have a lot of confidence in him and I think
he has effectively dealt with most stuff thrown at him instantly.

I think if he can get health care moving, get us out of Iraq, restore Habeas Corpus,
shut down Guantanamo, get moving on global warming, secure nukes, the world will
be so much better off. But, I do think that it will take a lot of courage for
either Hillary or Obama to stand up to the potential downside when we leave Iraq. Ironically, You
will see the bad stuff happening to innocent Iraqis on Fox every day - stuff you see nothing
of today.

I also, just can not wait for the first trip abroad and see people waving flags again
instead of burning them

[ButterflyBlood]

14. Looks like we have some tombstones needed...

Anyone voting anything but the last two options deserves an instant tombstone.

[Zachstar]

33. They will most likely expose themselves over the next few months and get Tombstoned.

[golddigger]

47. Yep, I hope it is an Obama supporter trying to skew the results. Remember Skinner knows who votes in

these polls.

[Kahuna]

57. Oh yeah.

:popcorn:

[Marrah_G]

15. Asked and answered every couple days.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

17. thanks for the inspirational message !

[Marrah_G]

59. Well what do you expect? Every other day I get asked the same thing

Every other day I give the same answer. Sometimes these threads come up multiple times a day. Seriously, you read these forums all day, did you honestly not see all the other threads on it? Can you not understand why the question is now just annoying?

[democrattotheend]

16. I want to know who the 3 McCain voters are

I have not seen anyone on DU say they would vote for McCain...I want to know who voted that way.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

18. Well maybe if you wanted your losing person to have a shot in

2012, you might do that, vote for McCain, that is. Or maybe they are from Arizona? haha

[Liberal Veteran]

19. Most likely they are Operation Chaos Rushbots

.....and while I can't tell you their names, my crystal ball sees granite in their future.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

38. I can name at least 3 "Hillary" supporters that have said they will vote for McCain.

[golddigger]

56. Skinner know's.

[sfaprog]

22. Amazing - about 25% of respondents here at DU are not Democrats

at this count 9 of 35 who won't vote for Obama (Hillary will not be VP)

wonder what they're doing at DU?

[highplainsdem]

28. What would you call the Obama supporters who said they wouldn't vote if Hillary won the nomination?

I saw quite a few people post that, and some said they wouldn't vote Democratic if she were even on the ticket as VP.

I'll vote for him, but I'll have very serious doubts about his judgment and his ability to unite the party if she isn't on the ticket. Not having her on the ticket is really going to hurt the Dems in the GE. I believe she'd be more likely to win the GE, too, and I think she's more qualified to be president.

I heard a talking head say this morning that Obama would look weak if he put her on the ticket. I believe he'll look weak if he doesn't -- it will look as though he's afraid of how strong a leader she is. It will also look as though he's turning his back on her supporters.

[highplainsdem]

30. Would anyone else like to answer this question, since sfaprog hasn't?

Because I really would like to know.

I'm sure that if I went back and checked old topics for the Obama supporters who said they'd NEVER vote for the Democratic ticket if Hillary were the nominee or even the VP, I'd find quite a few DUers who've been very loud in their condemnations of Hillary supporters who say they won't vote for Obama.

So I would like to know if Obama supporters would say that all the DUers who'd announced they wouldn't vote Democratic if they had to vote for Hillary also showed that they aren't really Democrats.

I think it's a fair question.

[democrattotheend]

34. This Obama supporter would have voted for her no matter what

And if she had put him on the ticket I would have been a lot more enthusiastic about it. I am not sure the other way around makes as much sense though...I have really mixed feelings about it.

[highplainsdem]

45. Thanks for replying! I'd been dismayed by how many Obama supporters wouldn't vote Dem

if the nominee or VP turned out to be Clinton.

As for mixed feelings -- I have mixed feelings, too. I thought it said wonderful things about our party that both Clinton and Obama could do so well in the primaries. But I don't think any of us would have dreamed last year that there'd be this much anger on both sides, with this equal a division of the party between candidates who both mean so much to their supporters.

If we don't have a unity ticket, we are going to lose some Democratic voters. Maybe enough to cost us the election this time. And those people we'll lose are Democrats, just as the Obama supporters who announced they'd never vote for Clinton are Democrats.

They're just Democrats who identify too much with their own candidate and can't accept how many other Democrats support the other Democratic candidate.

[northernlights]

23. yes, with a big caveat...

My vote for Obama is reluctant because I feel he's too inexperienced and it would be courting disaster. (Plus Michelle looks and sounds like my former, very evil boss)

However, every time McSame opens his mouth, I KNOW it will be certain disaster, so I cannot vote for him.

On the other hand, if my state ends up certain to go Obama, I will write-in, most likely Joe Biden.

I do seriously hope that Obama has a really good running mate. I still remember the first Kennedy assassination. The other side will stop at nothing.

[frankly_fedup2]

25. Joe Biden would be my write in candidate as well (nt)

[Raejeanowl]

24. "Unenthusiastic Yes" Is Close

I feel like a teenager whose bottle has spun 'round to the kid with bad dental hygiene; I don't have a choice without pooping the whole party and hurting someone's feelings, but I'll privately have to hold my gorge to do it.

[DevonRex]

26. Thank you. You're a great Dem. nt

[Joyce78]

27. I'll write in Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden.

[Zachstar]

29. Ah that pesky Roe Vs Wade... Who cares about it eh?

[Dawgs]

31. What will you do when Biden endorses Obama next week?

:shrug:

[hokies4ever]

37. Or when Hillary endorses Obama in a couple months

:rofl:

[HCE SuiGeneris]

36. As it doesn't appear to be a gender issue,

what is so disturbing about Obama that you would risk McCain receiving more votes?

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[2rth2pwr]

35. This is a trap for Hillary supporters, don't let your frustration cause you to answer

that you will vote for McCain. There are people who have access to how people voted on these polls and they will use them to lower the

Hillary support even further on this board.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

41. !!!

:tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :crazy:

[2rth2pwr]

42. Check with the admins, they have access to who voted which way on every poll.

And they have used that info to TS posters.

[Hippo_Tron]

55. They've done that maybe once and it was an extremely disgusting poll

[rodeodance]

44. BINGO************

[LulaMay]

51. Entrapment! Well, I already wrote about this and it got deleted after going to TOP, so whatever

[cloud75]

39. Haven't decided but if i vote for someone else it WILL be because

of some of the BULLSHIT i have read here on DU. and because there is so much BULLSHIT i won't be making a donation my money going to Hill.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

40. what would HIllary want supporters to do?

thats a question I would like to see up there.

Do Hillary's supporters think she wants them to

sit it out,
vote for McCain,
write in a candidate,
or vote for the democratic nominee?

[rodeodance]

43. not vote in a slimmy poll in which Obama fans can skew

[jalynn]

46. I thought this was

a poll for Hillary supporters. Looks like all Obama fans to me

[golddigger]

48. Yep, it does. I think they forgot that Skinner knows who voted in these polls...lol

[ccharles000]

49. Yes I will.

But I will note enjoy it as much as voting for Hillary.

[LulaMay]

50. Does this mean that my OP explaining Why I Can't Vote for Obama can go back up at TOP of Greatest?

it's okay to take a poll about it, but not talk about it huh?

[LulaMay]

52. I would like to point out that writing in a Democrat is still VOTING for a Democrat

[Beacool]

54. I would only vote for him if Hillary was the VP nominee.

Otherwise, no way.

I would have expected Hillary to offer Obama the VP spot if she had been on top. When 2 candidates have won almost half of the votes of the party respectively, it behooves the winning one to offer the other one the post.

[Texasgal]

58. Thank goodness

HELL YES! Prevails!

I have often wondered who the people are that say no... sorry, but if you say you will not vote for the nom you are a bonafide IDIOT.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

60. yes, but not if he has a homophobe on the ticket. though quite frankly that would be my rule

with HRC too.

[CreekDog]

61. i'm in solidarity with the 60%! for the rest however, bye bye Roe V. Wade

hope you are proud of yourselves. :eyes:

if it is overturned, please look in the mirror at the person who could have been the difference in preventing it.