Atlas Forum Straw Poll for Democrats: 2016 Presidential Nominee

[oeoyeleye]

Hillary. I've always liked her more than most and even if she isn't a true believer, she has to run and govern like she is. Sanders' campaign annoys me as well. It's funny how people get on Hillary for pandering to the Democratic base, when Sanders only started talking about immigration, guns, and race until after the media called him out for it. There are things that matter other than the economy, and even then, Sanders' economic agenda would go nowhere in Congress. A Sanders' presidency would be DOA from Day 1. I can't imagine foreign leaders respecting him or viewing him as their equal. When I imagine someone sitting in the Oval Office, it's not Bernie Sanders.

[oeoyeleye]

Where did all these Clinton votes come from?

You do realize that Hillary won more votes in the 2008 primary than Obama, and that some people actually do like her.

[oeoyeleye]

Where did all these Clinton votes come from?

You do realize that Hillary won more votes in the 2008 primary than Obama, and that some people actually do like her.

lol, is this what a Clinton 2016 hack looks like?  the hacks of the past were more colorful.

Maybe the fact that I'm not being excessively colorful indicates that I'm not a hack. Hillary isn't my favorite Democrat in the world and I sorely wish that there were other Dems in the race. I can name more than a few that I'd support over her. But my choices are Webb, O'Malley, Clinton, Chaffee and Sanders. I'm choosing to support Clinton because I think Sanders is unelectable and his presidency wouldn't go anywhere. Bernie is great for dragging the conversation to the left, but I honestly do not want him to be president. I think Clinton would do a decent job as president and she has the best chance to win of everyone running, and so I'm supporting her in 2016. But besides that, I stand by my statement that some people just don't hate her as much as half of Atlas seems to. She got 18,000,000 votes in 2008 and I know a lot of people who'd vote for her now that wouldn't have considered it in 2008. She's not despised by the average primary voter. She just isn't.