What if we left out which party each candidate belonged to? Would voters be better educated as to what the platform of the candidate is, instead of what the PARTY"S platform is? I ask this for all conservatives who voted for Bush, and got a bum deal when they thought he, too, was conservative...
2006-10-03 05:09:44 · 11 answers · asked by hichefheidi 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
RLP, you may have just answered your own question on why there are no good politicians out there anymore...voters aren't concerned with the issues AT HAND or the candidates, only that JUST IN CASE a senator can ring in on abortion, that you are sure where they stand. Most of these candidates say what they are for or against, but most people don't realize that these issues aren't in the jurisdiction of said post! Voting for a president based on how he feels about abortion or gay marriage, etc... is stupid. He doesn't have jurisdiction over those issues! But if you want to 'trust' ALL republicans to make the right decisions, you will be doomed to vote in people like Foley, and then be left defending your party.
2006-10-03 05:30:49 · update #1
once again, JVern, you broad generalizations and assumptions are incorrect, and I feel you also missed the point of the question. Everyone who disagrees with you or Bush is not a democrat. Some of us think outside the party lines, and some of us belong to partys that don't have a straight ticket option. Stay in school, and don't let the repubs take control of your brain with lies, hatred and intolerance.
2006-10-03 05:42:11 · update #2
Yes, I think that's a great idea. There will be quite a fight from die-hard party members though, as they push the "straight ticket" vote. Let's go one step further and take the straight ticket vote selection away. If you don't know if a candidate for judge has been to law school, don't vote.
2006-10-03 05:12:38 · answer #1 · answered by MEL T 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It actually doesn't matter on the ballots - if you go into the voting booth without knowing what the candidates stood for, you shouldn't be voting in the first place.
What they should outlaw is party line voting, where you just vote the one box and every candidate of that party is automatically selected.
Bush was a poor and lackluster candidate. Sure he looked brilliant and charismatic next to McVain and Gore and Kerry, but let's not put lipstick on a pig here. I'd always been leery of the 'compassionate' part of his conservatism, and never have agreed with the unconstitutional concept of government largesse.
There was nobody else to select. So he is our president. I have been impressed with his leadership in the War on Terror, his tax cuts, his attempts at Social Security reform and his selections (with one correction) for Federal Justices.
So, for 2 election cycles, he has clearly been the best presidential candidate out there, but his competition was bottom of the barrel.
2006-10-03 05:30:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would agree about the individual 's platform in direct relation to the parties platform for the very meaning of party is that its a part of a bigger unit and if the platforms were all individual then how long would it take to get through the already unending promises
I guess I misse dthe mark there but I feel that the individual should be strong enough to stand alone before he puts the wings of a party on.
2006-10-03 08:30:32 · answer #3 · answered by matthew_yelle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it matters. The last election was pretty cut and dry for me. Kerry was a traitor will a face filled with botox, and Bush seemed to actually care about this country. It really doesn't matter. I know registered independents that NEVER go along party lines - but lately, feel that dems have lost their damned minds.
People would still be able to put what they have read or heard with a name.....a little R or D doens't matter in the slightest. Does it matter to you? You personaly follow a VERY strict line - all Democrat, all the time.
2006-10-03 05:35:10 · answer #4 · answered by Fortune Favors the Brave 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES - in a perfect world
NO - in this one
I want to know what party my candidate is affiliated with. There will be times that he/she will be pressured by the party to vote with them on issues and I would want to be sure that I agreed with MOST of what my candidate's party (as well as my candidate) is for or against.
EDIT - ALL parties are guilty of block voting. I read in the paper how my congressmen vote. 90% of the votes are on party lines. I will STILL vote Republican 99% of the time for this reason. An Independent may get a look from me every once and awhile.
2006-10-03 05:18:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
People shouldn't vote party, they should vote candidate. The Candidate's party affiliation should not be printed on the ballot. It is time to rise above the political parties and choose our elected official on merit, not whether they are Democrat or Republican.
2006-10-03 05:13:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
95% of voters don't have any idea about "party platform" and don't give a hoot.
Why add more lies on the fodder?
A politician is just another elected liar and crook.
Some lie better and some steal more.
And then there is BUSH- billy goat.
He comes from a family of liars- smoke and mirrors.
who you gonna believe-GHOSTBUSTERS ? I'd vote for them to rid this Country of the mess We got now. A nobody in the job now.
Have another BUScH?
2006-10-03 05:17:19 · answer #7 · answered by cork 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Don't know if that's such a great idea. Too many chances for manipulation by too many people. Kind of like the stunt they pulled in California in 1996 -- people were standing out in front of major malls and shopping centers asking people if they wanted to register to vote and to register for an absentee ballot. What they didn't tell you was they were registering voters for the Democratic Party. Sneaky...
2006-10-03 05:13:48 · answer #8 · answered by sarge927 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Bush got elected because he was a moderate Conservative. I don't feel I've been cheated at all. He has lived up to my expectations. It was such a nice change from the past.
2006-10-03 05:15:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
no, let them choose the candidate they think is the best.
2006-10-03 05:14:17 · answer #10 · answered by detroit_city_girl@yahoo.com 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋