Just voted in Florida

[MoonlitKnight]

At 3PM ET was voter number 127 for the entire day in a multi precinct location.

I proudly cast my ballot for the best person, Senator Elizabeth Warren.

I suspect that Joe has this locked up. Bernie might not even be viable statewide due to early vote being essentially the only vote.

[Cha]

1. Was Elizabeth on the ballot?

[Lochloosa]

3. Yes. She dropped after the ballots were printed

[still_one]

4. Voting for someone who dropped out of the race is equivalent to not voting

[LanternWaste]

10. It's also an accurate illustration of one's convictions.

I suppose it depends on what we hold more dear.

[still_one]

13. Conviction that they don't want Sanders or Biden. Same logic used by some in the 2016 GE

[jimfields33]

23. Good grief

For months we heard vote for who you want in the primary but vote democratic nominee for the general. This is nothing like 2016.

[still_one]

26. Good Grief, Senator Warren DROPPED OUT, thanks in no small part to the distortions pushed by one of

the campaigns

She is NOT a candidate now

[jimfields33]

44. So what. The voters showing her some support

[Blue_true]

37. It is insane bullshit. Vote for someone still in the race or stay home. nt

[Frances]

2. Are you serious

[stonecutter357]

5. cool story bro !

[we can do it]

6. Why would you do that?

Warren supporter-donor here asking? Biden is adopting a lot of her ideas.

[Dream Girl]

29. They're new to DU

Just since January. Read between the lines.

[we can do it]

40. Why did you choose me to reply to?

I asked a thoughtful question.

[MontanaFarmer]

7. Your choice, of course, but why go at all

if your vote won't count? Seems silly.

[evertonfc]

8. ok and I'm writing in Warren Zevon.

[getagrip_already]

9. It is a wasted vote, and likely will only help bernie....

Just like protest voters in 2016, it really does have consequences.

[still_one]

18. It doesn't help Biden or Sanders. Just throwing one's vote away

[pnwmom]

11. I love Warren but what you did was cast a vote to help Bernie.

That might not have been your intention but that was the effect.

Who do you think are more likely to brave the polls today? Young, healthy Bernie voters? Or older Joe supporters?

I didn't throw my vote away on one of the candidates who'd dropped out; and people like me, I believe, are why Joe beat Bernie in Washington state.

[democrattotheend]

17. Why are you assuming the OP prefers Biden over Bernie?

A lot of Warren supporters either would prefer Bernie or don't have a strong preference.

[pnwmom]

21. Because a Bernie preferrer is likely to be younger and would have voted for him. nt

[democrattotheend]

45. Some of us don't have a strong preference

I was for Warren and don't have a strong preference between the two remaining candidates. So if I end up just voting for her anyway, it's not really a vote lost from either candidate, because I'm not sure who I'll vote for if she's not still on the ballot. So if you were to assume that my vote would otherwise go to Biden, you'd be incorrect. Probably ditto for OP.

[pnwmom]

48. The two remaining candidates are so different -- at least personality wise, and by approach --

it's hard to imagine someone having no preference between them.

[democrattotheend]

49. I'm honestly torn

Policy-wise I'm closer to Bernie, though not quite as far to the left as he is, and I feel strongly about corporate money having an outsized influence in politics, which hampers genuine progressive policies from being enacted without being watered down every time. On the other hand, I think Biden might be a stronger candidate in the general, and he has a proven track record of getting things done. In general, Biden seems more presidential, but he's also a gaffe machine and that worries me a bit because it complicates the optics of our argument that Democrats are far more competent and ready to take charge (though Biden's performance the other night assuaged my concerns on that). So I think there are pros and cons for both candidates. Warren was the best mix of what I like about Bernie and what I like about Biden.

[pnwmom]

50. That's how I felt about Warren, too -- the best of both worlds.

Too bad America is too sexist, even among Democrats, to see that she was the one.

[Aquaria]

51. Speak for yourself.

I voted for Warren on Super Tuesday, but I would have torn off my skin and eaten it before I voted for BS in the primary.

The only person I would have been less inclined to vote for would have been Tulsi. I hold them both in complete contempt. I’d crawl over broken glass, rats and rattlesnakes to vote for Biden over either of them if it was a choice between Biden and BS.

That’s because I vote for Democrats, not posers using the party for their own selfish ambitions.

[still_one]

27. I don't think it helps either candidate pnwmom, but I do think it is essentially throwing ones vote

away since the only candidates are are Biden and Sanders

Just my opinion

[More_Cowbell]

12. I voted for her in the CA primary

And I would have even if she had suspended her campaign before it.

In the general I'll vote blue no matter who, but I think that the strength of her primary performances will increase the amount of input she has to the future Democratic platform.

[thesquanderer]

14. re: "Bernie might not even be viable statewide due to early vote being essentially the only vote."

Why do you think early voting would disproportionately be bad for bernie?

[democrattotheend]

15. If she's still on the ballot by the time NY votes, I plan to do the same

The primaries were likely to be effectively over even by 4/28, and now Cuomo is talking about postponing even further. So assuming I have no real opportunity to influence the nominee selection, I'm just going to vote for the person I think would have been the best president. And even though I oscillated a bit during the competitive primaries because of the need to beat Trump, there was never any question in my mind that Elizabeth Warren would make the best president out of all of them.

[FloridaBlues]

35. People thought Hillary had a lock on the election looked what happened

[democrattotheend]

42. I'm talking about in the primaries

Most of you Biden people have been saying it's over, no need to even hold more primaries. Then you complain when I decide to vote for the person I really wanted to vote for because my vote doesn't matter anyway.

If I had a strong preference between the two remaining candidates I'd probably vote for one of them, but since I don't and would be okay with either as the nominee I might as well vote for the person I wanted to vote for anyway.

[relayerbob]

16. SMH, as a Liz supporter, I cannot support that choice

[MineralMan]

19. Thanks for voting!

[Sloumeau]

20. Thank you for voting. :) nt

[Scurrilous]

22. Eh?

I've voted in FL all my life and never have been informed what number voter I was. Is it on the sticker somewhere? *scratches at sticker* Nope.

[jimfields33]

24. It's on the computer screen after scanning

I was number 57 at 10 o’clock or so.

[Scurrilous]

33. Thanks.

I never noticed. Scanning is where you get the sticker. I guess I get distracted by the shiny and the prospect of GTFO.

[jimfields33]

46. I totally get it.

[Upthevibe]

25. Staying out of this one...n/t

[Scurrilous]

36. LOL

Me too.

[Pachamama]

28. Wow....

You win

Very impressive decision

[LisaL]

30. Voting for someone who isn't actually running is totally impressive.

[handmade34]

31. yah, not impressed

[LisaL]

32. Yea, you are going to the polls, braving possible corona virus infection.

And then you vote for someone who isn't even running. I wouldn't exactly describe that as brilliant.

[LongtimeAZDem]

47. Agreed

[FloridaBlues]

34. Why waste your vote?

[XRubicon]

38. Me, my wife and daughter all just voted for Biden

Palm Beach County Represent.

[NurseJackie]

39. Ooooo... looks like a wasted vote. She's out.

Sending a message? To whom? What's the message? Will it be understood as "sending a message"?

[Macima]

41. As long as you vote for Biden in the general

You're fine.

[LongtimeAZDem]

43. Functionally identical to voting for Mickey Mouse, or not at all

Why someone would boast about such a thing is beyond me