I myself am a former ardent Obama supporter. I voted for the populist image he sold us during the campaign. Then he shed his skin revealing a cynical pragmatist that was afraid to rock the boat.
I remember back to the 2000 presidential election. I had just turned 18 and was hellbent on voting for Nader. Then the whole election scandal thing happened and Bush was elected by a 5 to 4 vote. In the wake of that Nader's supporters were scapegoated for costing the Democrats the election. My own father was legitimately angry at me for voting third party and we lived in a state that Gore won easily. From then on I thought that any Democratic presidential candidate should be supported at any cost to prevent the Republicans from being in charge.
After the past seven years of Obama's presidency I cannot stand the thought of four more years of another Democratic President that panders to the masses while simultaneously selling out our interests in backdoor dealings with the powers that be. I'd rather vote my conscience and lose, and that's why I'm voting for Sanders.
I really struggle with who to vote with. My political beliefs are too all over the place for me to be able to solidly believe in any one candidate. Bernie is technically the one I agree with the most, but there are two major issues that are very important to me that I disagree with. According to the isidewith quiz thing, my highest percentage is only 73%.
I don't like Democrats and I don't like Republicans. My political views are much more left wing then any candidate up in the running, but Sanders is definitely the closest thing that I agree with.
I myself am a former ardent Obama supporter. I voted for the populist image he sold us during the campaign. Then he shed his skin revealing a cynical pragmatist that was afraid to rock the boat.
I remember back to the 2000 presidential election. I had just turned 18 and was hellbent on voting for Nader. Then the whole election scandal thing happened and Bush was elected by a 5 to 4 vote. In the wake of that Nader's supporters were scapegoated for costing the Democrats the election. My own father was legitimately angry at me for voting third party and we lived in a state that Gore won easily. From then on I thought that any Democratic presidential candidate should be supported at any cost to prevent the Republicans from being in charge.
After the past seven years of Obama's presidency I cannot stand the thought of four more years of another Democratic President that panders to the masses while simultaneously selling out our interests in backdoor dealings with the powers that be. I'd rather vote my conscience and lose, and that's why I'm voting for Sanders.
I really struggle with who to vote with. My political beliefs are too all over the place for me to be able to solidly believe in any one candidate. Bernie is technically the one I agree with the most, but there are two major issues that are very important to me that I disagree with. According to the isidewith quiz thing, my highest percentage is only 73%.
I don't like Democrats and I don't like Republicans. My political views are much more left wing then any candidate up in the running, but Sanders is definitely the closest thing that I agree with.
I'm with you on that 100%. And if that becomes a joke, I'm not going to endorse the elections with my vote again.