I am going to vote for a good candidate as I always do in 2008. I really do not care what party they are in. I want someone who will do good things for the USA. I am not into the label thing.
*******How do you feel. Is it all about the label or would you vote for any great candidate? If that candidate meets the belifs and values of your family, but has a different label on them would you still vote for them?********
2006-08-29 05:32:42 · 19 answers · asked by adobeprincess 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
***s it about what they do or about what party endorses them?**
2006-08-29 05:34:08 · update #1
Absolutely! I vote for the candidate and what they stand for, rather than the party. I am more or less on the Democrats side of the fence, because I do not believe in the Republicans' plans to help only the rich get richer, and to go to war for oil profits. But, I do not believe in open abortions for any cases (except rape, incest), and I do NOT believe in homosexual marriages, relationships, etc. Yet because I tend to vote Democrat more than Republican, and have to register as one in my state, I get labeled as someone who wants abortions and gay marriage to be all legal.
This two-party system we have sucks!
2006-08-29 05:38:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I only vote for the candidate and the issues. Political Parties are irrelevant and detrimental to the elective process. If you look at the past four Presidential elections the best candidate has never won because of the Party bias and the Campaign money they dole out for having the view that they want supported. If you really want to change this country for the better, ignore the Party line and go for the personal stand on the issues that are important.
2006-08-29 05:38:18 · answer #2 · answered by yes_its_me 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I vote for the person, regardless of party. Often times you will find that the Party supports the person that falls in line with their way of thinking at that moment. Other times, the run for Party support becomes nothing more than a popularity contest. What if you are not entirely happy with the Party or want an innovator? What if that other person is flat out a better candidate? Go with the individual and you'll never go wrong.
2006-08-29 05:40:41 · answer #3 · answered by Apple21 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The elections in virtually all Western countries work on the BOW system - the Best of the Worst!
If only more people would stand for what they honestly believed in and to truly represent the people who elect them!
What is really needed though is a system to remove big business and millionaires influence from politics. America is truly suffering hardship from their influence on the politicians.
Sadly I believe that there is probably not one single candidate that is honest and upright enough to stand as an independant and get elected and if that ever did happen they would probably be seduced very quickly by the same people who control the politicians today.
We can still hope and dream!!!!
2006-08-29 05:42:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't vote along party lines, I vote issues and candidates. These days not having the stamp of approval from one party or the other sounds more like an endorsement to me.
2006-08-29 05:41:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a democrat, but if I thought that a independent held beliefs closer to mine yes. However I will never vote for a repuglican for anything. I just am not into the politics of hate. Good example is the Joe Swartz and Tim Walburg race in the primary, Swartz being a moderate and Walburg being a right wing conservative ran on the premonition that Swartz was a liberal. Walburgs campaign was filled with hate and both were repuglicans. Not the kind of politics that I will support.
2006-08-29 05:59:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the nine (9) elections that I've been eligible to vote in, I've cast ballots for those whose issues and values were close to my own.
Several years ago, there was a person who won their party's nomination for a county elective office. I was a state party official at that time, and because that person's values were not in sync with my own, I remained neutral in that particular race. (The person was not elected, by the way).
2006-08-29 05:49:24 · answer #7 · answered by rrticulate1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would but the problem is, without a party backing how do you know that the canadate will stick to his/ her platform. There is no ground rules as to there behavior after the election. With a party backing the canadate still has to abide by the partys wants and agenda.
2006-08-29 05:44:27 · answer #8 · answered by bildymooner 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you vote for the person, unfortunately, you are voting for the party. That's why I am a Libertarian. At least I can agree with the party.
2006-08-29 05:40:26 · answer #9 · answered by williamvanzant 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you will possibly desire to be registered to vote, you will possibly properly be a member of any third party, or no party in any respect, yet a number of the time you will no longer be waiting to vote interior the primaries, yet can vote interior the final election. Do confirm which you do take time to verify approximately state and native officers and subjects on a poll, they are going to influence your existence way better than who gets elected president
2016-11-06 00:56:12 · answer #10 · answered by seelye 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋