# Democratic March Madness - West Semifinal 1 - Castro/Bloomberg **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 15, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-march-madness-west-semifinal-1-castro-bloomberg/829606 "2019-02-15T16:29:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-march-madness-west-semifinal-1-castro-bloomberg/829606/1 "2019-02-15T16:29:18Z")
Pick one: ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-march-madness-west-semifinal-1-castro-bloomberg/829606/2 "2019-02-15T17:04:41Z")
Everyone stop bitching about the seedings. No one’s forcing you to vote. Let it be a fun distraction during the doldrums. We could do one every quarter or so until things get serious in January. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-march-madness-west-semifinal-1-castro-bloomberg/829606/3 "2019-02-15T17:18:40Z")
I voted for Castro on this one even though I’m uncertain he’s ready for prime time. I have always been very leery of successful businessmen deciding to run for high office. The skill sets between running a for-profit company and what is essentially the world’s largest non-profit (the United States government) are very different and can lead to wrong incentives and instincts. Bloomberg, it’s true, has at least run an election and run a major government - NYC ain’t small potatoes - but I still have real doubts about his approach to things and, of these two, prefer Castro for that reason. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-march-madness-west-semifinal-1-castro-bloomberg/829606/4 "2019-02-15T17:37:44Z")
Bloomberg. Castro isn’t ready for prime time yet. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-march-madness-west-semifinal-1-castro-bloomberg/829606/5 "2019-02-15T17:56:52Z")
I picked Castro even though I’m unfamiliar with him, because I’ve lived under Bloomberg. I always half expected him to show up at my home and make me eat my vegetables. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-march-madness-west-semifinal-1-castro-bloomberg/829606/6 "2019-02-15T21:35:30Z")
Former cabinet secretary & mayor of a mid-sized city is _just_ enough to make it easy to do what I want to do & vote against Mike Bloomberg. Not nuts about either of them, to be honest. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-march-madness-west-semifinal-1-castro-bloomberg/829606/7 "2019-02-16T00:14:20Z")
No contest. Castro for me.