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Independents Only - Do You Plan to Vote for Trump in 2020?

Do you plan to vote for Trump in 2020?

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Old 'N Chill

Old 'N Chill

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This poll is for Independents only. Do you plan to vote for Trump in 2020?

I didn't vote for him last time, although I listened to what he had to say. Observing his behavior in the republican debates and realizing how ignorant he was, I refused to vote for him, although I wasn't crazy about Hillary. I would have rather had Biden in that last race, but that was not an option for his personal reasons.

Now that I'm witnessing his behavior, words and actions for such a long period of time, there is no way I would vote for him regardless of who he was running against.
 
I have no intentions to vote for Trump.
 
I would never ever vote for Donald Trump.
 
What is an independent? Someone who is not a member of a party?

If so, then I can vote and of course my vote is no, no, no, no, no, no.

If it weren't for Trump and the GOP humoring of him before he became the frontrunner -- their refusal to stand up to him for fear of alienating Birthers, I might still be a Republican.
 
The Democratic candidates are garbage. Yes I'll be voting for Trump.
 
I'm progressive on social issues except guns. I'm a fiscal conservative except market-based green initiatives. I'm a hawk, go Bush 2.


When the next generation asks "what did you do?", I'll be able to say "blue wave, twice" and hold my head high.
 
I'd rather jack off a polar bear with a fist full of tacks than vote for trump.
 
Amelia said:
What is an independent? Someone who is not a member of a party?

If so, then I can vote and of course my vote is no, no, no, no, no, no.

If it weren't for Trump and the GOP humoring of him before he became the frontrunner -- their refusal to stand up to him for fear of alienating Birthers, I might still be a Republican.
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Really? What traditional republican policies do you support? I dont think I have seen you do anything other than toe the liberal line here.
 
Nope, and did not vote for Trump in 2016, but I also will not vote for Obama 3.0 in the form of Biden just as I refused to vote for Hillary. If (and that is highly unlikely) the demorats can offer a fiscally responsible POTUS candidate then I might vote for a major party POTUS candidate in 2020.
 
azgreg said:
I'd rather jack off a polar bear with a fist full of tacks than vote for trump.
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That's one very unique way to piss off an amorous polar bear. :lol:
 
Fletch said:
Really? What traditional republican policies do you support? I dont think I have seen you do anything other than toe the liberal line here.
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Infrastructure, education, environment, veterans. And I used to be a hawk.

The GOP was moderate with a slight progressive lean when I was growing up.

Now it's overrun with birthers, young earthers, and poor people who think they're being patriotic by voting to go into debt to line the pockets of rich people.


The more rightleaning the GOP becomes, that is the more radical, dysfunctional and heartless they become, the more need there is for progressive policies. If the GOP had stayed moderate, I would have stayed moderate and would have stayed GOP.



If you don't like that answer, too bad. That's why I was GOP, and that's why I left.
 
Amelia said:
Infrastructure, education, environment, veterans. And I used to be a hawk.

The GOP was moderate with a slight progressive lean when I was growing up.

Now it's overrun with birthers, young earthers, and poor people who think they're being patriotic by voting to go into debt to line the pockets of rich people.


The more rightleaning the GOP becomes, that is the more radical, dysfunctional and heartless they become, the more need there is for progressive policies. If the GOP had stayed moderate, I would have stayed moderate and would have stayed GOP.



If you don't like that answer, too bad. That's why I was GOP, and that's why I left.
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Oh, and I forgot -- during Obama's tenure the GOP was voting against all those things they supposedly supported, including veterans, because they didn't want Obama to get credit for helping anyone, especially veterans.

That and the flying leap they took to xenophobic irrationality when they chose Trump to be their standard bearer, that is why I knew the GOP was no longer for me.
 
Amelia said:
Infrastructure, education, environment, veterans. And I used to be a hawk.

The GOP was moderate with a slight progressive lean when I was growing up.

Now it's overrun with birthers, young earthers, and poor people who think they're being patriotic by voting to go into debt to line the pockets of rich people.


The more rightleaning the GOP becomes, that is the more radical, dysfunctional and heartless they become, the more need there is for progressive policies. If the GOP had stayed moderate, I would have stayed moderate and would have stayed GOP.



If you don't like that answer, too bad. That's why I was GOP, and that's why I left.
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I dont know when you grew up but the GOP hasnt been 'moderate' in decades, it is not overrun with birthers :roll: and the rest of your post is just liberal blather.
 
Fletch said:
I dont know when you grew up but the GOP hasnt been 'moderate' in decades, it is not overrun with birthers :roll: and the rest of your post is just liberal blather.
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Nixon started the EPA. Even through George Herbert Walker Bush, GOP presidents had progressive leanings.

It was Gingrich's Contract On America which killed that tradition and almost sent me out of the party before George W. Bush brought me back with his idea of "compassionate conservatism".


He gave the GOP heart a few extra years before the ultra rightwing finally drove the stake through it.



Now my question is how many times we've had this conversation. Probably more than once. Hopefully we can avoid another encore.
 
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Fletch said:
I dont know when you grew up but the GOP hasnt been 'moderate' in decades, it is not overrun with birthers :roll: and the rest of your post is just liberal blather.
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Not overrun with birthers?

LOL ... sure, that's why the GOP chose King Birther for their nominee, and now otherwise intelligent legislators are kneeling to him because they're afraid of turning off Trump's koolaid drinkers.
 
Have voted independent for 3 presidential elections now including last one.

I realize often my independent vote allows some other candidate to win. This time no matter who or how revolting will vote for ever who the Dem nominee. Am hoping I don't have to vote for Warren or Biden but I would.
 
Amelia said:
Not overrun with birthers?

LOL ... sure, that's why the GOP chose King Birther for their nominee, and now otherwise intelligent legislators are kneeling to him because they're afraid of turning off Trump's koolaid drinkers.
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Its not overrun with birthers, its not overrun with nazis and white supremacists, its not overrun with cultists, its not overrun with Russians. Your party is overrun with liars
 
Fletch said:
Its not overrun with birthers, its not overrun with nazis and white supremacists, its not overrun with cultists, its not overrun with Russians. Your party is overrun with liars
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Sounds like a typical brainwashed Trumper.
 
Fletch said:
Its not overrun with birthers, its not overrun with nazis and white supremacists, its not overrun with cultists, its not overrun with Russians. Your party is overrun with liars
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LOL.

Um, the point here is that I don't have a party. Keep up. If I had a party, I wouldn't be voting in this poll, I wouldn't be posting in this thread, and you wouldn't have this opportunity to hassle me for rejecting the unAmerican blight that the GOP has become.


Ta ta.
 
Old 'N Chill said:
This poll is for Independents only. Do you plan to vote for Trump in 2020?

I didn't vote for him last time, although I listened to what he had to say. Observing his behavior in the republican debates and realizing how ignorant he was, I refused to vote for him, although I wasn't crazy about Hillary. I would have rather had Biden in that last race, but that was not an option for his personal reasons.

Now that I'm witnessing his behavior, words and actions for such a long period of time, there is no way I would vote for him regardless of who he was running against.
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My disdain for both Trump and Clinton caused me to vote third party in 2016. Some 9 million people did. 6% of those who voted did so, this included 12% of independents.

As for 2020, I know I won't be voting for Trump, but that doesn't mean I'll automatically be voting for the Democrat. That all depends on whom the Democrats nominate. I see no use in replacing one extreme idiot with another. Right or left, we don't need extremism. We need someone who is more moderate and can provide steady, reliable leadership. I'll leave out uniting the nation as that is impossible today with the ultra, high partisanship and polarization our two major parties has caused.

Today's sad news, at least to me is one of the Democrats I could have supported 100% who would have provided that steady, reliable leadership withdrew. With his withdrawal, that takes me one step closer to voting third party once again. Although there still are some left. One can only hope that in 2020 that the Democrats learned the valuable lesson from 2016, candidates matter.
 
Old 'N Chill said:
This poll is for Independents only. Do you plan to vote for Trump in 2020?

I didn't vote for him last time, although I listened to what he had to say. Observing his behavior in the republican debates and realizing how ignorant he was, I refused to vote for him, although I wasn't crazy about Hillary. I would have rather had Biden in that last race, but that was not an option for his personal reasons.

Now that I'm witnessing his behavior, words and actions for such a long period of time, there is no way I would vote for him regardless of who he was running against.
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**** no!
 
Nope, will not vote for trump, that said it does not mean I will vote for the Dem Candidate. I voted in 2016, but did not vote in the Presidental race. I refuse to try picking which is the lessor evil, the Nation deserves better than what we are getting, or I used to believe that.
 
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Fletch said:
Its not overrun with birthers, its not overrun with nazis and white supremacists, its not overrun with cultists, its not overrun with Russians. Your party is overrun with liars
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So mr. libertarian fletch, how do you describe the GOP since you've told us what they aren't.
 
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