Voting Blue

We did early voting yesterday for the Democratic Primary.

It was Jack's first vote. So that was exciting.  He's very much into politics which makes it even more exciting.

I voted for Sanders.  

I'll be happy if he wins.

But I'm happy with most of the other candidates.

Throughout the months and campaigning, I've gone along with the stance of voting blue no matter who.  

I'd love to have any president who has viewpoints and policies that differ strongly from Donald Trump's.

I want better healthcare, whether that's completely public or a combination of public and private like Australia has.

I want university educations to be more affordable.

I want a president who understands institutional racism and fights against it. 

I want a president who believes in climate change and other scientific things.  

I want a president who won't make pleasing the NRA one of his priorities. 

I want a president who is not a misogynist.  

I want a president who is well-educated and intelligent.

I want a president who does not seem to be a malignant narcissist. I mean I expect all presidential candidates are a bit narcissistic. But Trump takes things way too far in that regard.

Anyway, so yeah.  Bernie is probably my favorite. But I'd be happy with the others as well.

EXCEPT....

I'm not so sure about Bloomberg.

I don't know much about him.

I saw only a few snips from the last debate.  In those, he sounded like a dishonest, manipulative asshole.

I'm wondering if he's as bad as Trump.  

If he's as bad as Trump but shares some of my political beliefs, should I vote for him anyway?

I don't think so.  Because then I'll be like the awful Republicans who know Trump is a bad person and a bad president, but they vote for him anyway...because they imagine socialism is so much worse. Or they just like for their team to be winning...no matter what.  

That being said, I need to learn more about Bloomberg before making my decision. If he ends up being the candidate, I'll do my research and decide whether it's best to keep Trump or get a (sort-of) Democrat version of Trump.  

Hopefully he won't be the candidate, though.  OR if Bloomberg is the candidate, maybe I'll learn about him and think, Well, he's a bit of an asshole. But he actually has a lot of good qualities.

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