If you were to tell yourself 5 years ago who you supported last year...

[Blackacre]

Past me would have been shocked to learn of future me's disdain for Bernie Sanders and support for Hillary Clinton in the primary.

-I still can't understand why anyone would vote for HRC over Bernie.

A mix of problems I had with Sanders (not the same level of detail in policy, many of his lans not adding up, he embodied the purity tests that I hated so much and loathed about the Tea Party, he was often more in opposition to things than for them) and positives about HRC. (Command of policy, LBJ-like ability to wrangle Congress to her side, and after Bush and Obama, at least for me, the prospect of a tested insider at the helm was downright refreshing)

[Antonio the Sixth]

No surprise whatsoever. I've been a yuge Bernie fan ever since I learned about him around 2008. I was already on board with supporting him if he ran in 2012.

[AndyHogan14]

I voted for HRC in 2008 and after the 2012 election, I figured HRC was going to run and that I would enthusiastically vote for her again.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Who's Kasich

[Xing]

Wouldn't have surprised myself at all. I wouldn't jumped at the thought of Bernie actually running for president, and I fully expected Hillary to be the Democratic candidate in 2016 anyway.

[(Still) muted by Kalwejt until March 31]

Who's Kasich

-I still do not understand why you support boring establishment hacks like that with the strong "First Executive Orders" list you came up with.

[BlueSwan]

Seeing as I have admired Hillary Clinton for 25 years, it probably couldn't have been less surprising that I supported her yet again.

[Figueira]

Sanders: not remotely surprised (well, surprised that Sanders ran in the first place, but not surprised that I would support him). A number of the specifics of Sanders's presidential run and my views on it would have surprised my past self.
Clinton: mildly surprised that I didn't vote Green or become a radical leftist in the intervening years.

[Mr. Reactionary]

So the real candidates are going to be that bad?

[OSR stands with Israel]

Who's Kasich

-I still do not understand why you support boring establishment hacks like that with the strong "First Executive Orders" list you came up with.

Kasich when he was a chair man of the house budget committee gave this country 4 budget surpluses , then as governor turned Ohio record deficit into a surplus . He cut taxes got rid of bad regulations and turned Ohio around . He has a record of success and hats why I suppprt him


Secondly the republican establishment candidates going into this election was Jeb Bush and Chris Christie and I did not support either of them espically bush .

Lastly the anti establishment republican  candidates were all terrible , Cruz ( total liar , and a fundamentalist), trump ( extremely sleazy ,stupid,not qualified ,and  terrible person ) and Carson (like trump no experience in government ).

[Mr. Smith]

Primary

Bernie Sanders...who? whaddya' mean who? I mean Bernie Sanders, the champion for real healthcare reform!...Yes, yes that does have some support now...No, that's not smoke and mirrors for Obamacare, it's legit...Yes, yes he did make a decent challenge against Hillary Clinton...Yes, yes he did have more spine than Barack Obama '08...Yes he's from Vermont...Okay kiddo, you go back to haplessly pining over that one girl you went to Homecoming with...okay buh-bye.

General

Yes I voted for Hillary Clinton...Just like the '08 primaries, a bunch of bad choices...No, Stein went completely nuts, not an option, sorry...No, I'm not drunk-didn't need it to enjoy being 21, that political year sucked...Hagan didn't make it, Warner almost lost...yeah, I'd trade those any day too...anyway, she won the PV...no I'm not high either, I think you are, you're the one who keeps going up the creepy fourth floor where all those jd's are...no,no,no you'll make it through once you finish Math now where was I oh yes why I voted for Hillary well....yeah, I thought "Stronger Together" was dumb too...yes there are better places than Tv Tropes' US Elections Thread to discuss Politics...okay, you go pass that Algebra oh and vote Obama from Virginia, none of that Absentee Stuff- I mean unless you really want to waste your time against Feinstein...okay bye.

[Middle-aged Europe]

I probably would have been a bit astonished to find me initially rooting for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primaries. Then again, I often have the habit of first considering the seemingly pragmatic and reasonable choice, before switching to the idealistic one.

Otherwise no big surprise at having supported Hillary against Trump in the general.

[America Needs R'hllor]

Past me would have been shocked to learn of future me's disdain for Bernie Sanders and support for Hillary Clinton in the primary.

-I still can't understand why anyone would vote for HRC over Bernie.

A mix of problems I had with Sanders (not the same level of detail in policy, many of his lans not adding up, he embodied the purity tests that I hated so much and loathed about the Tea Party, he was often more in opposition to things than for them) and positives about HRC. (Command of policy, LBJ-like ability to wrangle Congress to her side, and after Bush and Obama, at least for me, the prospect of a tested insider at the helm was downright refreshing)

This, plus I don't see why can't one support Clinton over Bernie if they support her policies. The content of her Wall Street speeches made me especially hopeful that she'd win.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

I posted on June 16, 2015 over at AAD, ALL DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTERS ARE ILLITERATES. Ahhh, before I learned how special that man is.

[mencken]

Paul and Cruz would not have surprised me since I supported both of them in 2012 as well. As for the general election:

I would be appalled to think that I voted for Trump.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I posted on June 16, 2015 over at AAD, ALL DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTERS ARE ILLITERATES. Ahhh, before I learned how special that man is.

Maybe you instead forgot how to read?😝

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

...what would you from 5 years ago say?

"Wow, the GOP candidate must be REALLY bad. I guess they ran super-far-right?"

[DavidB.]

Supporting Rubio in the primary was expected. Already followed and loved him in 2012. And since I supported Romney in 2012, supporting Rubio in the Republican primary was a logical step anyway. However, I could never have foreseen that I would support Hillary Clinton, and if 2016 DavidB would have told libertarian 2012 DavidB that future DavidB would be #WithHer, that would certainly have been a big WTF moment. Did I become a liberal, or did the Republicans nominate David Duke?

[Dr. Arch]

...what would you from 5 years ago say?

"Wow, the GOP candidate must be REALLY bad. I guess they ran super-far-right?"

And you would be right on all counts.

[(Still) muted by Kalwejt until March 31]

Supporting Rubio in the primary was expected. Already followed and loved him in 2012. And since I supported Romney in 2012, supporting Rubio in the Republican primary was a logical step anyway. However, I could never have foreseen that I would support Hillary Clinton, and if 2016 DavidB would have told libertarian 2012 DavidB that future DavidB would be #WithHer, that would certainly have been a big WTF moment. Did I become a liberal, or did the Republicans nominate David Duke?

-Given your economic score on the Political Matrix, the former.

[SWE]

I guess I'd be pretty shocked that I wouldn't be enthusiastic about Hillary.

[Kingpoleon]

Well, I first came up with the idea of a Kasich/Rubio ticket in the latter half of 2012, so...

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Did I become a liberal, or did the Republicans nominate David Duke?

Closest thing to it that could actually happen.

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

I started supporting Hillary immediately after the election in 2012 was called for Obama so I wouldn't be surprised at all