[Magdalen] Bernie

[Marion Thompson]

Up here we harbour the illusion that we actually elect a party and 
whoever heads that party will be the Prime Minister.  unfortunately, we 
have drifted hard onto the rocks of the American way so that our voters 
believe they are actually electing the individual for that officeand not 
so much the party.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 8/3/2015 7:24 PM, Roger Stokes wrote:
> On 03/08/2015 23:15, Richard S. Crawford wrote:
>> My wife and I have both agreed to vote for Bernie in the primary, and 
>> then
>> probably for Hilary in the general election. Though I think I'd prefer
>> Biden over Clinton.
>
> That makes sense - you want Biden to be the Democratic Party 
> candidate.  If he does not get the nomination then you will vote for 
> the person who is likely to be the candidate rather than abstain or 
> vote for the Republican candidate.  That is how I believe it should be 
> in the US system.  When I was in Florida last year, long before 
> alternative candidates for the Democrat's nomination appeared, 
> somebody said to me that she dodn't want Hillary but would vote for 
> her in preference to a Republican.
>
> Roger
>