I walked into the polling place with every intention of voting for Romney to try to stop McCain. But when I marked my ballot, I wound up voting for Thompson.
I was one of only 3,095 Missouri voters who voted for Fred. Even if all of the voters in Missouri who voted for a candidate outside of the “Big 3” had voted for Romney instead, it would not have been enough to have made a difference for him. So my vote didn’t help or hurt McCain, Mitt or Huck.
It had been a long time since I had voted my convictions instead of voting against (or settling for) someone I didn’t believe in. And it felt good. At least I’ll sleep well tonight.
I did same. I intended to hold my nose and vote for Romney. I saw Fred and just couldn’t do it.
I overheard a woman in the vote line asking another woman who had just voted if FRed Thompson was really still on the ballot. When the other woman said Yup!, the first smiled and said, Oh, goodie!
Josh, thanks for all the hard work you did for us. :)
I have to wait until Feb. 19 to vote for Fred!
“It had been a long time since I had voted my convictions instead of voting against (or settling for) someone I didn’t believe in. And it felt good. At least I’ll sleep well tonight.”
I did the same, Josh. And yeah, it did feel good. We don’t have exit polls where I am, but I almost wished we did tonight, so I could have told them.
I salute you.
Vote YOUR Honor, or it could become: Vote, your Honor.....
My husband and I were part of that number too :) I didn’t know for sure who he was voting for, so I was pleasantly surprised when he told me later.
Looking at the statistics this morning, it appears Fred got 1% of the vote. Not a lot, but he did as well as he did in New Hampshire when he was still in the race.
I, too, wanted to vote for what I believe in, not against the most objectionable. I’ll have a decision to make come November, but I can feel good about standing up for my principles. Primaries are a time to make your voice heard, even if it doesn’t count for much on paper.
People who voted for a candidate that dropped out voted for Hillary/Obama. We are all disappointed that Fred is out, but even he would tell you not to waste such a precious right with such actions.