If Mike Bloomberg is the Democratic nominee, will you vote for him in November?

Yeah sadly true I think

which hey, another Republican/ Democrat win-win!!!

Worth a shot anyway, seeing as nominating Bloomberg would prove that the Dems are beyond saving

nb if I lived swing state I would probably vote Bloomberg

But without a pathway to primarying him in 2024 that would doom us to 8 years of shit

Y'all just have more faith in Bloomberg to be anything more than a less vulgar more efficient trump. I don't buy his act.

ok so then I won't vote for Bloomberg. and then Trump will win. So we'll be stuck with the more vulgar less efficient Bloomberg.

NY billionaire Epstein-associated sex pests

I just want to go back to this because it's a great phrase

xxp

no, that's exactly what he's gonna be. but he's less likely than trump to start a nuclear war, and more likely to take 'meaningful' steps against climate change.

obviously, he's still terrible, and as a ny resident i would strongly consider voting third party if he's the nominee.

Xp for four years instead of 8. That's my entire point. If Bloomberg promised to drop out or drop dead after 4 years it'd be different.

I still think it's our duty to vote for the better candidate without worrying about what's gonna happen 8 years down the road, especially when there are certain issues which absolutely can not wait that long. if the DNC nominates Bloomberg then they clearly did not learn the lesson from 2016, so then who's gonna save us in 2024? at the end of the day I'd take Bloomberg over Trump. I mean I'd rather it be Jared Fogle than either of those two, but if this is the choice we have....

the point is "get Trump out"

you might as well be my 77yo MSNBC-addict friend

a third-party run, that could cripple leftist politics in america for decades

lol as opposed to the robust US leftism of the last 40 years

I think a Sanders presidency being within reach and getting swatted down by a fake-Dem billionaire like Bloomberg would indeed be far more damaging than the last 40 years of neoliberal compromisers, yes.

Bloomberg is equally likely to get us into a war with Iran.

milo, goddamn you for starting this signature ilx panicpoll

lol as opposed to the robust US leftism of the last 40 years

― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, February 13, 2020 4:46 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah, i mean, it's finally on the verge of making a bit of a comeback.

yeah we don't really need to worry about the hypothetical until like mid-March

close this thread plz

Bloomberg's the opposite of trump, he'd start a war with NK instead

to form 3rd party, or not form 3rd party

The SPUSA is available to absorb the DSUSA

I refuse to vote in this poll

If the poll is Mike Bloomberg is the Democratic nominee, will you vote for him in November?, will you vote in it in 4 days?

i'm voting for trump

not really

I refuse to vote in this poll

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, February 13, 2020 5:02 PM (twenty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

how irresponsible. state your reason:

- Not interested; felt vote wouldn't make a difference
- Too busy or conflicting schedule
- Illness or disability
- Out of town or away from home
- Registration problems
- Users such as imago
- Forgot to vote

Trump wins that's four more years of trump and then we reset, likely with a dem

Bloomberg wins that's 8 years of Bloomberg...

Or 12 (shudder). I think he has made it fairly clear that he's not going to let a thing like term limits stop him from staying in office?

OP: Yes. From a consequentialist standpoint, the climate crisis dwarfs every other concern.

Sanders and Bloomberg (combined) have a 70% chance of the nomination on betting markets. It's likely the 2020 will assert the danger of plutocracy, or prove it.

Or 12 (shudder). I think he has made it fairly clear that he's not going to let a thing like term limits stop him from staying in office?

― Deflatormouse, Thursday, February 13, 2020 5:48 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

at least he's fuckin old!

Republicans don't die before 102

anyone who is not in a group that is in danger of deportation, disenfranchisement or worse I kinda don't want to hear your bullshit about this, there are a number of terrible government actions that would stop, that harm real people in your communities

But he turned my city into Dubai

How franchised do you have too be before you can become disenfranchised

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/02/10/what-you-need-to-know-about-trump-plan-to-deport-hmong-lao-immigrants

yeah and I'll be a pain in his ass during his Presidency to not be a fuck

i would not vote for Bloomberg in the primary of course, but also i'd vote for him over Trump every single time.

Bloomberg sucks but there's nothing he would do that wouldn't be worse and more stupidly under Trump and there are many things that would stop that are actively hurting Americans right now

there are a number of terrible government actions that would stop

Citation needed. His record as mayor indicates that he doesn't have any qualms with violating civil rights and liberties.

i'm voting for trump

― uncrut gems (crüt), Thursday, February 13, 2020 3:14 PM (fifty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

not really

― uncrut gems (crüt), Thursday, February 13, 2020 3:14 PM (fifty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

roller coaster of emotions you sent me on there

Bloomberg did win the Dixville vote y'know

the literal one vote

If Bloomberg ends up winning the Democratic nomination against Trump, then it is because the voting public in the USA gave that outcome their seal of approval. No matter how awful we may find that, if it happens the preponderance of the nation's adult population made it happen, not just the DNC or RNC or some nefarious cabal. It would be a fairly accurate reflection on where we are politically rn.

And the only viable response would be to swim against that current, continue to work for what you believe in, and organize around making it happen. Because ideas die when people abandon them.

Citation needed. His record as mayor indicates that he doesn't have any qualms with violating civil rights and liberties.

― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Thursday, February 13, 2020 6:10 PM (one minute ago)

Yeah, I think you are mistaking him for someone way less scary, like Howard Dean.

Bloomberg is not building a stupid fucking wall

neither is Trump

yes, but only one ballot. he's not worth committing fraud for

anyone who is not in a group that is in danger of deportation, disenfranchisement or worse I kinda don't want to hear your bullshit about this, there are a number of terrible government actions that would stop, that harm real people in your communities

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, February 13, 2020 6:00 PM (eleven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

you're right, and i'm being an edgelord imagining he would be identical when it comes to immigration and travel bans. but the thought of the next decade or more following a bloomberg win is enough to make me give up on anything ever getting better than it was before 2016 on a national level. and given his cozy reception from the establishment and the media, i'm worried he could be 80% as bad as trump and get none of the scrutiny. he's branding himself as the heroic anti-trump and he'll be lauded for whatever he does.

none of this would really be so bad if we weren't stuck in a strict unkillable 2-party system but here we are

Congressional Dems would not roll over for a Dem Prez who tries to pull awful shit like the Rs have for Trump

enhhhhhhhhh

I mean they did oust Franken pretty quickly

gillibrand led that, and she was not rewarded for it