Quote Originally Posted by TBFProgrammer View Post
That would fit my voting pattern, but I'm not sure that I'm entirely what you're looking for. My vote would have gone third party in this election were it not for the need to block Hillary's intended misadventures in Syria.
No, you're perfect.

If you've voted Obama and the democrats in the past, that means there was a time when they stood for, or against, something that mattered to you, and they lost your support. Given that Clinton under-performed Obama by about 10 million votes, and Trump under-performed Romney by a little, the reason why Trump won is more because the Democrats lost supporters. Some few went to Trump himself. Most of those lost voters didn't bother to vote it would seem. Mainly I'm looking for, what the Democratic party would need to stand for to re-earn your vote, or what things the Democrats can and should oppose from the Republican Congress and presidency to get you to block them back.

Right now, with the establishment of the DNC needing new leadership and change, the party could progress more liberal, less liberal, or simply address platform issues. The time to change the Democrats is now, since they require our support to gain any kind of power again. The question is, how do they re-earn votes.