Who here is voting for Biden?

[TheRoland]

"Orange Man Bad" is 100% Biden's strategy, and it's working pretty well. Partly, because Orange Man is bad. I do not expect to enjoy a Biden presidency. I've expressed here that I'd much, much, much rather vote for Pence. Unfortunately that doesn't seem like an option.

You don’t think Trump loves America? You don’t think he trying to drain the swamp?

I think, if anything, Trump has cranked the "swamp" stuff up a level. He's:

1. Forced the Secret Service to pay full non-member $650-per night fees, rent golf carts, and shit like that to protect him at Mar A Lago, where he's spent a full third of his time.
2. Spent campaign funds on personal matters, like legal bills over NDAs with porn stars and on family members legal matters, some of which lead to a criminal conviction.
3. Spent campaign funds on paying his own properties and businesses to hold campaign events and operate his private planes.
4. Appointed campaign donors to important positions, including the Deputy Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Education (who I actually like), the Labor Secretary, and the Treasury Secretary.
5. He's gone after any Inspector General who looks into his appointees, even ones investigating minor matters, like firing the Dept of State Inspector General who was investigating using State resources to pick up Pompeo's laundry.
6.Collected license fees to use the Trump name from unfriendly foreign governments like Turkey and Pakistan, instead of divesting from domestic and foreign businesses like previous presidents have.
7. Had 8 major campaign and administration staff indicted for various stuff, 6 if you somehow believe that Flynn and Gates didn't do it. In particular, Cohen for lying to congress about a Moscow hotel project and organizing illegal payments to cover up porn-star sex, and Bannon for defrauding Trump supporters out of millions.

I think this is far, far more corruption than the general self-dealing we usually see from politicians, and it's certainly less-well-hidden. The shit we usually get, like "My VP Daddy is important, please give me a board seat in your company" is tame in comparison. Possibly because yeah, he is an outsider, who doesn't know how to properly hide his get-rich schemes, vet employees, or follow ethics rules while he's in office then cash in after. I don't see that as a plus.

[olstyn]

I can see one good thing happening with president harris (joe dies/resigns post-election/pre-inauguration):
Civil War 2.0: Electric Boogaloo goes full hot a lot sooner. Probably by only a couple weeks, but sooner is sooner.

This must be some new definition of the word "good" which I haven't previously encountered, because a "full hot" civil war in this country is not something I want to see happen. (I acknowledge that by some standards, we may already be in a "cold" civil war, and the temperature seems as though it might be rising.)

[olstyn]

"Orange Man Bad" is 100% Biden's strategy, and it's working pretty well. Partly, because Orange Man is bad. I do not expect to enjoy a Biden presidency. I've expressed here that I'd much, much, much rather vote for Pence. Unfortunately that doesn't seem like an option.

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I think this is far, far more corruption than the general self-dealing we usually see from politicians, and it's certainly less-well-hidden. The shit we usually get, like "My VP Daddy is important, please give me a board seat in your company" is tame in comparison. Possibly because yeah, he is an outsider, who doesn't know how to properly hide his get-rich schemes, vet employees, or follow ethics rules while he's in office then cash in after. I don't see that as a plus.

I can't really disagree with anything you said - that stuff is all presidentially inappropriate. I just happen to feel that Biden is a far larger threat to me personally, so I have to vote for Trump because, especially in my state, which has not given its electoral votes to a Republican presidential candidate in my entire lifetime, it's important to vote against the blue guy when the blue guy sucks, and Biden definitely sucks.

[Rex G]

I see both presidential candidates as aging and, in different ways, vulnerable to an incomplete term. So, I see my vote as being for the VP, and, for the overall team, in each case. I cannot vote for Harris. A Trump win would mean another four years of divisive politics. Harris is also divisive, and presents a longer-term threat to the republic.

I fear the consequences of any one party controlling the presidency, plus both house of Congress. I know that the Senate is vulnerable to being flipped.

Deep. Sigh.

[RoyGBiv]

Are there any Democrat Party politicians that are NOT about abusing the FORCE that is Government to impose policies well outside the scope of the Constitution on us?

You have a great idea? Convince me with your words, not Government force.

Possibly the best thing about Texas State Government is that they are in session for a few months every other year. Not a lot of time to mess with stuff they have no business messing with.

[farscott]

If I was voting for former VP Biden, I would be voting for someone who is showing signs of advanced mental decline. In other words, he is not fit to hold the office. It is also probable that former VP Biden would not serve his entire term as POTUS, so I would also be voting for a possible POTUS Harris. That does not seem to be in the nation's best interest. As such, I am not voting for former VP Biden.

[RJ]

Absolutely voting Biden. Don't agree with his 2A policies, but pretty much agree with everything else. I happen to skew pretty far left, and he's a 'moderate' by my standards. I don't care. Trump is a petulant, narcissistic, pathological liar. He is the worst example of a 'president' we've had in the last 40 years. He is an absolute embarrassment for most Americans at home and on the world stage.

Noted.

Can you give me three reasons to vote for Biden?

[Rick R]

Biden said during the primary that he probably won’t finish a full term. He wants “President Biden” on his epitaph so badly he would literally sign in blood with the Devil. And speak of the devil, Harris got what, 3% of the primary votes?

Your poll is flawed, it should reflect a choice between Trump or Harris.

Ted Cruz was not wrong when he criticized Trump’s “New York values”. Trump is a flawed man with a good heart and shitty morals. He’s capable of acts of kindness interlaced with being associated with some pretty shady characters.

As far as I can tell the Democrats are all damned souls trying to pull as many down with them as they can. They have oodles of shady characters too, just more practice at hiding it. How did Pelosi amass millions on a Congress critter salary?

I’m voting for Trump

[WobblyPossum]

Absolutely voting Biden. Don't agree with his 2A policies, but pretty much agree with everything else. I happen to skew pretty far left, and he's a 'moderate' by my standards. I don't care. Trump is a petulant, narcissistic, pathological liar. He is the worst example of a 'president' we've had in the last 40 years. He is an absolute embarrassment for most Americans at home and on the world stage.

Which of the Biden policies/platform do you agree with?

[JTQ]

Trump: Hurricane Dorian will hit Alabama.

NOAA, the NWS and literally everyone: No, it won't.

This Trump "error" gets reported on these pages often, I suspect by folks that don't live in areas that would be affected by these storms.

As somebody that lives on the Florida panhandle, I'll disagree. Both local and national weather reports indicated the possibility of Hurricane Dorian heading to the Florida panhandle and Alabama. Local government told residents to begin preparations for the possibility of a hit from Hurricane Dorian.

https://www.pnj.com/story/news/2019/...on/2141571001/

I'll also point out the same local and national weather reports told us Sally would be a Tropical Storm and was headed for the Louisiana/Mississippi border. Hurricane Sally came over my house on the Florida panhandle as a Category 2 Hurricane.