I’m a Libertatrian and I voted my party last election. However, its really a wasted vote.
Tell me who would be best on the Democratic side to be the nominee and beat the Republican nominee. Thank you
Bloomberg.
I say Biden has the best chance to beat Trump. Democrats need a strong turnout among African Americans, and Biden seems to be their guy. But your choice is even easier than you might think. (Assuming you aren’t talking just about the primary.) Vote for whoever the Dems select. Piece of cake.
Vote for whoever you want in the primary, then vote whoever runs the D ticket in November. Not that difficult.
Are you really in Ohio? God fuckin’ help us.
Biden or Sanders have the best chance to beat Trump. Do you want the moderate old man or the socialist old man to beat the insane old man?
Look into my eyes. Stare deeply into my eyes. No, only the first two, not the red ones. Look into my eyes. You are getting sleepy, sleepy, sleepy. Now, you are asleep, or at least open to misuse. Your eyes are closed. Your mind is open. You feel a deep need to scratch your nose. Do it. You feel a deep need to vote for Elizabeth Warren. Do it. Now, open your eyes. Hold your hand out. Try not to quiver. Say aloud, “I will do what’s right.” Remember that. When I snap my fingers, you will come completely awake, with no drowsiness or hesitation. Remember your needs. SNAP! Okay, satisfy your needs now. That was easy, wasn’t it. Good boy.
Whom.
That is all.
If you’re libertarian, I don’t think either candidate will represent your values.
If it is sanders, he will support a lot of redistribution efforts.
If it is Trump, he will support authoritarianism and undermining democracy in various ways (declaring war on the free press, gerrymandering, voter suppression, elimination of balance of powers, etc). Trump is also supported by christian fundamentalists who want to undermine democracy and create a more theocratic state.
Neither candidate is very good for a libertarian. If it is Biden, I’d pick him since he isn’t as much into redistribution as Sanders.
Realistically, its going to be either Biden or Sanders. I don’t know if Buttijeig or Warren really have a chance at this point, but I could be wrong.
Vote Quimby!
So redistributive policies, within the constitutional framework are equally odious to libertarians as “authoritarianism and undermining democracy in various ways (declaring war on the free press, gerrymandering, voter suppression, elimination of balance of powers, etc)”
America is fucked.
I think you should vote for Bernie Sanders.
If your first priority is beating Trump, as it certainly should be, that narrows the field down to Biden and Sanders. As a Libertarian, you’ll have problems with both of them, but there are issues on which Bernie is significantly better.
Sanders supports marijuana legalization on the Federal level, and more generally opposes harshly punitive drug laws. Biden opposes legalization.
Sanders calls for a non-interventionist foreign policy. Biden comes from the mindset that brought us the Iraq War.
It’s hard to answer without knowing what about libertarianism appeals to you? Simply low taxes? End of drug war? And what do you consider the opposite of libertarianism? I should hope that you might say fascism, in which case one party is led by a fascist which means that you should vote for the Democratic nominee.
This country needs a strong third party. And preferably a fourth, and maybe even a fifth. There will never be one if people who are in smaller parties don’t vote for their candidates. So I say, if you are a true Libertarian and like your nominee, vote for them, and try to get as many other people to do so as you can.
That’s what I meant, not just a name, but why. I am pondering all that has been said. Most people vote without being fully informed.
This is the correct answer. Advising which candidate to choose beyond this is pointless. Whomever is the democratic candidate come November is the one you should vote for.
It’s not going to matter which Dem is elected if they don’t also control the senate and decide to do away with the filibuster since nothing will get through congress anyway. I even wonder whether any cabinet appointment will be approved (or even voted on) if Moscow Mitch is still running things. and there will be a new doctrine of no supreme court appointments during the last four years of a president’s term.
How about no Supreme Court appointments approved going forward if the Senate is controlled by a different party than the president? Because I believe that pretty much is the doctrine now, whether people realize it yet or not.
Or maybe this new doctrine only applies when the president is a Democrat and the Senate is controlled by Republicans. :rolleyes:
I agree with your long-term aim.
However America is currently facing a crisis with a truly awful President.
He is threatening to get re-elected with just a fanatical minority base.
Unless the opposition unites, the country (and the World) will be stuck for another four years.
Right now we need Trump out of office. That is a high priority, he is a national disgrace.
Vote 3rd party for lower offices. Build up Congressional seats both state & national.