Why I Will Not Vote if Clinton Wins
If Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic Party’s nomination without winning the popular vote, I will not vote in the Presidential election. People who know me know that I’m deeply interested in politics and think that voting is one of the most important things you can do, but I will not vote for someone who is put in place by a few elite party members when the majority of the party votes for someone else (Obama).
Hillary Clinton will take the Democratic nomination even if she does not win the popular vote, but persuades enough superdelegates to vote for her at the convention, her campaign advisers say.
The New York senator, who lost three primaries Tuesday night, now lags slightly behind her rival, Illinois Senator Barack Obama, in the delegate count. She is even further behind in “pledged” delegates, those assigned by virtue of primaries and caucuses.
So, she’s saying that even though the majority of the people don’t want her to be the nomination, she’s going to stay in it anyway. That is certainly not democratic.
You may ask why I don’t vote for McCain then. That’s simple, while I respect McCain, I think he would be a terrible president and I think he would continue bad policies that have led this country in the wrong direction under Bush. So, if Hillary steals the Democratic nomination, I will not vote. I will watch her lose against McCain. She’s too divisive of a person to beat McCain. I’m in her party and I don’t like her (though, I was a fan of Bill). When McCain wins, the country will be in even more trouble. All because of Hillary.
Why not write in Obama if you feel this strongly?
I could but we both know that a write-in candidate will never win.
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Shep, this is a ridiculous position to take. However, I felt the same way after she cried in NH (and won) and then whined about the at-large caucus sites in NV (and won). I took a look around at the positions of the other candidates and thought how I wouldn’t like the country I lived in if they had their way.
So there’s stopping the Republicans for one.
The position I came up with (and I’ve been a vocal Obama supporter from the ’04 DNC) was that “she can have my vote, but she won’t have my support.” Her positions are almost identical to Obama’s. She would just be a worse, more partisan, less inspiring leader. If she can push through (if by sticking her fingers in Congress’ eyes) the policies that make her a true liberal (I’m deeming that word OK to say again), then that would, I think, help the country overall.
So there’s implementing strong Democratic policies for two.
You say “a write-in candidate will never win.” But you must realize that a candidate that no-one votes for will also not win. Plus, if you’re not at the ballot that day, you can’t vote down ticket for the still-important state and local government races. Surely you still support them?
So there’s the the other, more local races going on for three.
Plus, if you abstain, you lose a lot of credibility as a teacher and a citizen. You’ve looked down upon those who don’t vote. You’ve told them that they can’t complain, because they didn’t make their voice heard. You would become that person.
So there’s fulfilling your obligation as a leader and an American for four.
I’ve donated a lot of money (no donation > $200, so I don’t come up on donor lists) and I’ve donated a lot of time (I’ve called around 300 phone numbers in 4 states — NV, VA, MI, HI). I say put your money where your mouth is. If you’re that tied to your candidate, get out there and make it happen! You don’t have to go to the STL field office (is it even still open?) You can make calls from home, on your cell phone. I go to the Chicago HQ office to volunteer only because it is 3 blocks from work (and because I met a cute girl there) but I usually use my own cell phone because their phones are in use. As I’m finding out, politics is us. As Obama said (and I was there to witness), “We are the ones we’re waiting for.”
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I agree. If Hillary wins the democratic nomination, I will NOT vote during the presidential election.
yeah, well, looking at McCain more and more, even if Hillary does win I’ll have to vote for her. One of the big issues this election is going to be the economy. McCain himself has said that he doesn’t know much about the economy and is in strong favor of Bush’s policies. Do we really want 4 more years of the same policies that have been creating a bigger class divide? Do we really want to see the middle class shrink to almost non-existent? Even if it is Hillary that wins, I have to think that her policies would be better than Bush’s.