Christians: how do you decide who to vote for?

Question

Are the criteria based more on spiritual values, economics, national security, health care or something else?

I asked this because I usually find that all the candidates have a plank or two in their platforms that make me feel that voting for them would equal support for evil.

Answer 1

Currently I intentionally do not vote for them (national positions, USA). I see too much anti-God in their positions right now, and in recent years.

Answer 2

My vote is based on the person who is most capable for the position.

So I guess that all of those factors come into place. But spiritual values/beliefs do not neccesarily trump other important considerations.

Answer 3

True Christians don't vote because they are no part of the world, to make yourself a friend of the world constitutes you an enemy of God, Satan owns the political systems of the world and to vote in his system means your choosing sides with Satan because you believe man can make a difference whereas, God's kingdom is the only hope for all mankinds problems.

Answer 4

I usually vote economically but in the case when GW first came to office and ran against Gore, even eenie meenie minie moe didn't win out because I couldn't stand either one SO... I voted for myself!

Answer 5

For me, I don't look at how someone stands on just a single issue. I usually try to look at someone's voting record as a whole if he is an incumbent (see link below), and i look at someone's stated platform if he is not.

Usually, if a representative shares my spiritual values, then he probably agrees with me on other things as well, but there is no grantee of that, I noticed.

My biggest hot button issue right now is the budget. I think that it is immoral that the U.S. has over an 8 trillion dollar debt, with no realistic way to even try to pay it back in our generation. We are living off of the next generation's taxes, dooming them to poverty and third world nation status.

Answer 6

Voting is seperate from my religious views. Since I'm naturally more interested in the kingdom of God (after death), what happens in this life and in this world is always a seperate matter.

So when I vote, I base my decisions on this life's expediencies and values. Here, preservation of life is always first, criminal prosecution is always second, and economic prosperity is always third. I rarely change these priorities.

War, for the US, is a "preservation of life" issue, as are abortion and the right to self-defense and border security. Anyone who has a plan to preserve life rather than destroy it will get my vote on these issues, and it's always very easy to tell who will.

Answer 7

Vote for the person you feel is best equipped to provide this country with the values you most desire. I would go with Ron Paul, because he wants to get rid of the Federal Reserve. Get us out of this new world order, and is for the people and not for the illuminati or elect.

Answer 8

I'm a Christian and I vote probably just like you. Values do play a part in my choice. I don't think church and state should ever mix though, so spiritual values don't play a part in my choice of who to vote for.

Answer 9

Their values must align with mine to a significant degree.

If there was an agnostic who was a pro-life, advocated limited government, lower taxes conservative candidate versus a supposedly "Christian" pro-abortion, big government, tax and spend liberal candidate, I would vote the agnostic.

Answer 10

I vote for person who is most capable of the job. nothing to do with my religion.