2007-02-09 14:11:40 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Dalw ... THAT is the ultimate question. While some people do as you suggest, it seems that most go with a political party. It's indeed a shame.
2007-02-09 14:16:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes you can. It's called a Split Ticket. The number of Baby Boomers and Generation Xers who do this is growing. Also, the swing is returning to more moderate voting ... less conservative and liberal.
What happen to Q&A and dialogue? The bulk of this stuff in USA Politics & Gov just seems to be about venting. What does it accomplish? No one seems any happier for it ... the postings never improve. No one is informing anyone. If anyone even had a valid point sandwiched in the criticism, it would get lost. What a disappointment.
I saw today Y!A is limiting thumbs up and thumbs down ... removing some of them after placement. I noticed because I check back to see additional answers on some questions today, hoping for some real input and that's when I saw the thumbs up and downs had been removed. It was kind of pleasant actually. It was like seeing a wall freshly painted after gangland graffetti has been removed.
Thanks for your question! I agree and hope we see more informed, instead of inflamed, voters in the future.
2007-02-17 18:17:21 · answer #2 · answered by ... 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to think like that... I was registered as an independent in the 90s and voted for Perot in 92 and 96. I believed in voting for the person not the party.
Now, I have since come to realize that is wasting a vote.
I changed my mind after watching many many CSPAN legislative votes where the Republican party ALWAYS voted right down party lines. Meanwhile there were always some democrats that didn't do that.
This resulted in one party always getting what they wanted. Let me restate that... this resulted in ONE SMALL portion of the Republican party controlling it's entire party and getting what it wanted.
Because of this I reregistered democrat and have since decided to always vote down party lines no matter what. I mean really... look at what destruction having one party in power has done to our constitution, our freedoms and our country.
Reality is that younger (not by age) congressional members are controlled by long time leaders of their parties.
2007-02-10 00:23:52 · answer #3 · answered by BeachBum 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't separate the person from their party. The person will always tend to party lines. Mostly you really need to disregard anything they say in a campaign and focus on how close they are to their party line. Take Hilary for example or even Obama they vote strictly along liberal lines and in the case of Hilary when she needs to she just changes her entire public persona. Obama is a crook (illegal land deals) and an admitted past drug abuser who is confused as to what his identity is.
Party core and how close or far from it and past records are all you really have. Campaigns are just popularity contests and most will say what ever is needed to get elected.
2007-02-09 22:30:00 · answer #4 · answered by Tommy G. 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You know I really wish it was that simple....in fact, if we did, the right party probably would get in for that time and moment in history. We are smart, as a whole, and then there may not be as much 'politics' as there would be overseeing the future of the company with compatible people....BUT...we will probably never know because the political machinery will continue to go into the minds of the people and influence their decisions and thus....the same old thing!!
2007-02-17 13:26:07 · answer #5 · answered by basport_2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do that every time I go to the ballot box. But it is rather funny that the GOP candidate never ever has my issue as an important one. The GOP candidate's concern is the corporation and corporate profits. And, the DNC is just less of the same. So, I've been voting for the Green candidate for the last 4 elections. i know they don't take money from the corporations. My conscious is clean.
2007-02-09 22:32:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
People can. Some do. It DOES matter which party gets to organize Congress, so some are reluctant to vote for a good candidate from the "other" party.
2007-02-09 22:17:07 · answer #7 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a Democrat but vote for the individual candidate. In fact, I even recently voted for Arnie for California.
2007-02-09 22:17:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Really sick of the parties anyways either your this or that lets just have some humans that care for Americans and make that the priority
2007-02-17 21:58:54 · answer #9 · answered by sally sue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, that would take brains, something that isn't
high on the list right now. Look at some of the Q&A's on
this website. It's a little scary.
2007-02-09 22:25:20 · answer #10 · answered by Calee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋