# If Bloomberg gets the nomination, how do you vote? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 16, 2020, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bloomberg-gets-the-nomination-how-do-you-vote/848001 "2020-02-16T01:07:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bloomberg-gets-the-nomination-how-do-you-vote/848001/1 "2020-02-16T01:07:48Z")
I think it’s still unlikely that Bloomberg will get the Democratic nomination, but I also thought Trump could never get the Republican nomination, so what the hell do I know? So, say Bloomberg winds up on the November ballot. How would you vote? Bloomberg is awful. Stop and frisk was a bad policy, he seems to have no fixed principles apart from plutocracy, and I want someone with experience at the federal level. But he’s far less awful than Trump, so he’ll get my vote. I won’t go to the polls with a spring in my step, but I’ll go. Now, full disclosure, I once voted for a dead Democrat over his very much alive Republican opponent, so I’m what you might call a partisan. But Trump is operating concentration camps and running the government like a crime syndicate, so as long as I’m reasonably confident the Democrat will be better than that, I’m on board. What about you? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bloomberg-gets-the-nomination-how-do-you-vote/848001/2 "2020-02-16T01:28:10Z")
In such a case, I vote Bloomberg. No matter what can be said about Bloomberg that is a drawback, or not actually good, there’s no fucking way Trump is a better choice. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bloomberg-gets-the-nomination-how-do-you-vote/848001/3 "2020-02-16T01:31:38Z")
I’ll stay home. Bloomberg is just like Trump only more articulate. No thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bloomberg-gets-the-nomination-how-do-you-vote/848001/4 "2020-02-16T01:34:06Z")
**Clarification** : “Stay home” should have included “don’t vote for POTUS but vote in other contests”. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bloomberg-gets-the-nomination-how-do-you-vote/848001/5 "2020-02-16T01:36:27Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I’ll stay home. Bloomberg is just like Trump only more articulate. I really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really don’t want Bloomberg to be the Dem candidate. But this is just wrong. If nothing else, Bloomberg believes in climate change and wants to take steps to mitigate its worst impacts. If this were the only difference between them, that’d be more than enough to make me cast my ballot for Bloomberg in a hot minute. But Bloomberg also won’t appoint judges from the Federalist Society. He won’t be quite so fast to imprison immigrant children. He won’t cozy up to Putin. He’s a terrible tool, Machiavelli reborn, and I don’t at all want him to be the nominee. But you better believe I’ve got my clothespin ready for my nose just in case. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bloomberg-gets-the-nomination-how-do-you-vote/848001/6 "2020-02-16T01:52:24Z")
I’m voting for whoever gets The Dem nom. Also Bloomberg is very little like Trump. He is pretty Green is the biggest difference. That makes him easy enough for me to vote for. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bloomberg-gets-the-nomination-how-do-you-vote/848001/7 "2020-02-16T01:54:07Z")
I had forgotten that he’s pretty good on environment. That does make it a lot easier for me to vote for him. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bloomberg-gets-the-nomination-how-do-you-vote/848001/8 "2020-02-16T02:07:05Z")
Green or n, Bloomberg is an entitled narcissist racist who thinks he can buy his way into the WH. Also, he’s only running to save himself billions of dollars. And really, do we want the Presidency to be a Billionaires only club? ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bloomberg-gets-the-nomination-how-do-you-vote/848001/9 "2020-02-16T02:09:16Z")
Bloomberg. I have no idea if he means what he says on his issues page, but it isn’t really bad policy. And its light years better than Trump. Also it would prevent the GOP from appointing more judges for another 4 years. However if Bernie wins a plurality of delegates and they give the nomination to Bloomberg who has far fewer delegates, I’ll be pissed and disappointed. But I’ll still vote for him since he is much better than Trump. However it would just verify how important it is to get money out of politics. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bloomberg-gets-the-nomination-how-do-you-vote/848001/10 "2020-02-16T02:12:06Z")
I’d vote for anybody who’s not Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bloomberg-gets-the-nomination-how-do-you-vote/848001/11 "2020-02-16T02:16:32Z")
If Bloomberg’s the nominee, I’ll vote the same way I likely will in the Michigan primary: for Mike Bloomberg. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bloomberg-gets-the-nomination-how-do-you-vote/848001/12 "2020-02-16T02:17:47Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Green or n, Bloomberg is an entitled narcissist racist who thinks he can buy his way into the WH. > > Also, he’s only running to save himself billions of dollars. > > And really, do we want the Presidency to be a Billionaires only club? Sure, but in Trump vs Bloomberg, the lesser evil is pretty clear. He’s less racist, less narcissist and far more green than Trump. Also a lot less sexist while we’re at it. Also far less likely to kowtow to Russia and embarrass us with the world. Look a steaming pile of shit better than Trump, so hold your nose and vote for Bloomberg or Biden or whoever if it isn’t Trump. I’m hoping for Bernie at this point too, but I’ll take anyone the Dems shove on us, just like last time. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bloomberg-gets-the-nomination-how-do-you-vote/848001/13 "2020-02-16T02:22:03Z")
Solid blue Illinois. I vote Bloomberg. I don’t do protests, I don’t do 3rd parties and I don’t stay home. The same goes for Sanders. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bloomberg-gets-the-nomination-how-do-you-vote/848001/14 "2020-02-16T02:41:06Z")
I’m trying to think of what rival could make me vote Tramp. An animated corpse? A talking dog turd? No, they’re better. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bloomberg-gets-the-nomination-how-do-you-vote/848001/15 "2020-02-16T02:45:19Z")
> [@RioRico](#): > > I’m trying to think of what rival could make me vote Tramp. An animated corpse? A talking dog turd? No, they’re better. All I have is Ted Cruz. Then I would go third party. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bloomberg-gets-the-nomination-how-do-you-vote/848001/16 "2020-02-16T02:45:50Z")
I like him better than Tulsi and I don’t think he’d be horrible overall. Against Trump!? I’ve vote for Jeff Sessions or Mike Pence if they were the only folks running against Trump. David Duke _might_ give me pause. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bloomberg-gets-the-nomination-how-do-you-vote/848001/17 "2020-02-16T02:50:50Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > All I have is Ted Cruz. Then I would go third party. The only way I’d go third party is if: 1. I lived in a state where the outcome wasn’t in doubt; or 2. I genuinely couldn’t tell a difference between how horrible they’d be. Set me up in a race between Pol Pot and Robert Mugabe, and I’m gonna be spreadsheeting human rights violations to figure out which one to vote for. My new favorite quote is Rebecca Solnit: “Voting is a chess move, not a valentine.” ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bloomberg-gets-the-nomination-how-do-you-vote/848001/18 "2020-02-16T02:54:59Z")
I’m for Bloomberg because it looks to me like he might beat Trump. And it looks to me like no one else the Demos have to offer can do that. So it’s an easy choice. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bloomberg-gets-the-nomination-how-do-you-vote/848001/19 "2020-02-16T03:14:22Z")
Bloomberg is pretty awful, but if my vote mattered I would hold my nose and vote for him. As luck has it I live in a blue state in an electoral college system, so it makes more sense for me to vote third party in presidential elections ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bloomberg-gets-the-nomination-how-do-you-vote/848001/20 "2020-02-16T03:17:51Z")
I would vote Bloomberg. Shitty as he is, he’s still orders of magnitude less shitty than Trump. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bloomberg-gets-the-nomination-how-do-you-vote/848001.md?page=2)