A question for Democrats and Republicans:

Ross Dolan

Ross Dolan

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If, during the primary elections, you deem some candidates to be more competent than their opponents, but less electable***...would you be more inclined to vote for the more competent person to be your party's nominee...or for the more electable one?

Essentially what I am looking for is: Is electability your major criteria for your vote...or is electability.


***As a "for instance"...younger white males are often considered to have an electability advantage over female or non-white persons.
 
Ross Dolan said:
If, during the primary elections, you deem some candidates to be more competent than their opponents, but less electable***...would you be more inclined to vote for the more competent person to be your party's nominee...or for the more electable one?

Essentially what I am looking for is: Is electability your major criteria for your vote...or is electability.


***As a "for instance"...younger white males are often considered to have an electability advantage over female or non-white persons.
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I can say in every primary where trump was a candidate and other options were available in voted for the other options because I believed they were better candidates. In the general election however I believed trump was the better candidate so thats who I voted for. I have never even considered electability when deciding who to vote for.
 
Ross Dolan said:
If, during the primary elections, you deem some candidates to be more competent than their opponents, but less electable***...would you be more inclined to vote for the more competent person to be your party's nominee...or for the more electable one?

Essentially what I am looking for is: Is electability your major criteria for your vote...or is electability.


***As a "for instance"...younger white males are often considered to have an electability advantage over female or non-white persons.
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Let me ask you a question why do you think younger white males are often considered more electable?
 
Yakuda said:
Let me ask you a question why do you think younger white males are often considered more electable?
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America's population is mostly white...and most communities throughout history have favored men over women as leaders. The "young" part is a more recent thing...with we old farts falling out of favor as leaders for a variety of reasons. (Many of which I am in agreement with.)

If our population were mostly Black or Asian or some other identifiable one, I would suspect that dynamic male would be considered more electable.
 
Ross Dolan said:
If, during the primary elections, you deem some candidates to be more competent than their opponents, but less electable***...would you be more inclined to vote for the more competent person to be your party's nominee...or for the more electable one?

Essentially what I am looking for is: Is electability your major criteria for your vote...or is electability.


***As a "for instance"...younger white males are often considered to have an electability advantage over female or non-white persons.
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I never vote on "electability" with one exception: I will do so in a race where the alternative is a Progressive Leftist. I will not vote for the Left.
 
Yakuda said:
Let me ask you a question why do you think younger white males are often considered more electable?
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Younger white males are more likely to fall for a honey trap and be compromised after mossad sends the video of them having sex with an underage girl or boy.
 
goat said:
Younger white males are more likely to fall for a honey trap and be compromised after mossad sends the video of them having sex with an underage girl or boy.
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TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE RESPONDED:

I just realized I made a mistake in the OP.

Instead of, "Essentially what I am looking for is: Is electability your major criteria for your vote...or is electability"...it should have read, "Essentially what I am looking for is: In a primary election, is electability the major criteria for your vote...or is competency."
 
Ross Dolan said:
TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE RESPONDED:

I just realized I made a mistake in the OP.

Instead of, "Essentially what I am looking for is: Is electability your major criteria for your vote...or is electability"...it should have read, "Essentially what I am looking for is: In a primary election, is electability the major criteria for your vote...or is competency."
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I value competency. I also realize that anyone running for office on Progressive Leftist values will screw us totally.
 
gfm7175 said:
In primaries, I vote for who I believe is the best candidate.
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Here in California we have rigged primaries where the ruling party attempts to shut out the opposition by taking the two top contenders rather than one from each party.

It is intended to ensure that democrats never face anyone not of the party. But this cycle is an odd one, and it is possible, maybe even likely that Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton will be the two choices on the general ballot - both are Republicans.

I strongly support Bianco and will vote for him in the primary. Trump endorsed Hilton who is much more Bush like. I won't go as far as to say he is a RINO, but he isn't very conservative.

I will absolutely vote for my preference, despite Hilton being more electable.

Standard Disclaimer: In all likelihood we will have a Republican governor - but they will be crippled from day one with a hostile legislature run by the Communists, and the all-powerful teachers union that runs this state.
 
Ross Dolan said:
TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE RESPONDED:

I just realized I made a mistake in the OP.

Instead of, "Essentially what I am looking for is: Is electability your major criteria for your vote...or is electability"...it should have read, "Essentially what I am looking for is: In a primary election, is electability the major criteria for your vote...or is competency."
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NP - we figured it out.
 
Uncensored2008 said:
Here in California we have rigged primaries where the ruling party attempts to shut out the opposition by taking the two top contenders rather than one from each party.

It is intended to ensure that democrats never face anyone not of the party. But this cycle is an odd one, and it is possible, maybe even likely that Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton will be the two choices on the general ballot - both are Republicans.

I strongly support Bianco and will vote for him in the primary. Trump endorsed Hilton who is much more Bush like. I won't go as far as to say he is a RINO, but he isn't very conservative.

I will absolutely vote for my preference, despite Hilton being more electable.

Standard Disclaimer: In all likelihood we will have a Republican governor - but they will be crippled from day one with a hostile legislature run by the Communists, and the all-powerful teachers union that runs this state.
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That is possible. I watched some of the California governor's debate. The Democrats kept saying insanely stupid stuff.
 
Yakuda said:
I can say in every primary where trump was a candidate and other options were available in voted for the other options because I believed they were better candidates. In the general election however I believed trump was the better candidate so thats who I voted for. I have never even considered electability when deciding who to vote for.
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Well, then you'll be voting for a bunch of un-electable Republicans over the next few cycles. Thanks to Cankles, or even better "Don Snorleone".
 
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