When voting for a new Representative, Senator, Governor, President, etc... What is most important to you and what is your position on it? If it isn't their position on issues, but rather something like their personal past, devotion, etc., those answers will be fine.
2007-03-06 16:09:04 · 5 answers · asked by Taylor J 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
1. Issues. I am pretty far right on most things. Especially economy, anti-speech legislation, crime and punishment, immigration, and guns.
2. Issues. They are the most important by far.
3. Other than criminal problems, I don't care about their past as long as they are honest.
4. Group affliations. This tells alot about who they are.
4. Demeanor. They have to be strong, but not a furious biitch like Hillary.
5. Work History
6. I don't care about their religion as long as they support good morals. I am one of those non-religous people who vote on morals.
2007-03-06 16:30:30 · answer #1 · answered by Nationalist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I want a policy wonk.
I want someone who can explain why their position is right and their opponents is wrong, not with 30, or 60, second sound bites, or cliche slogans, but an intelligent policy rooted in sound principles.
Steve Forbes and Newt Gingrich are good examples of intelligent Republican policy wonks, if they were on the same ticket the GOP would sweep in Nov. 08.
If you put these two on the ticket Giuliani is qualified for attorney general or homeland security at best. McCain is an Interior Secretary at best. Romney would head health and human services. Huckabee, and Brownback, would be even more obscure.
I support Duncan Hunter because he is close to a policy wonk as the GOP is going to get in 08.
2007-03-07 03:05:44 · answer #2 · answered by csn0331 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Right now, I would say probably 4 main things I look for in a Presidential candidate (but would also apply to other political candidates too):
1) Experience. I know many people are excited about fresh faces, (I like some of them too, and think experience might not matter, but I just think being President is an important job. Iraq and America will probably be a huge mess to deal with in 2 years, and what important job, manager or CEO of a large company for example, do we look for someone with little to no experience? I would hope we would have someone with at least 7 to 10 years of national/international experience if not more.
2) I would like to find a candidate that seems more truthful than those we have had in the past. I don't think either Bush or Clinton have been very good at telling the truth, maybe most think politicians are incapable of telling the truth, but I'd like to find one that at least tried to tell the truth when possible. I don't feel that we've had that. Also less faky people. Hillary is faky. She had that cookie-baking persona, then the war-hawk persona. I'm sorry if I don't believe either of that is her real self, but more of an act to make people like her or vote for her. I would like politicians to be more themselves and less prepped by political stylists; again I'm probably being very politically naive.
3) I would like to find a candidate that is politically moderate, and good at dealing with both Republicans and Democrats since he will probably have to do so. Our country seems about evenly divided in half if you look at the Congress and Senate so a moderate President would make sense.
4) Diplomacy would be a very important characteristic in a president. I'd like to see a President not always insulting other countries and world leaders, but trying to get along with them. Not making others feel like the US will invade you at the drop of our President's (cowboy) hat, but that we would only do that as a last resort if we were being directly threatened or invaded as it used to be pre-Bush.
2007-03-06 17:31:07 · answer #3 · answered by Karen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That they are neither Republicans NOR Democrats. OR that they are ready, willing and able to cross "party lines" and compromise with the "other side" to find real solutions.
I don't worry about a candidates past.....only his present matters, and how he plans to serve his country to better our lives. To a certain degree it IS their stand on the issues. In MY opinion, their stands shouldn't matter, because they represent the people in all issues, and the people's stand is what they should vote for, not their own agendas. But I know, in the real world that ain't the way it is....so, their stand is important.
I have a lot of important issues I want "them" to fix.....Social, Economic, and Political. But the middle of the road people are going to have to be in charge before we can do anything. The parties we have now are too over the edge, extremely opposite, too permanently divided, and are both too stubborn to compromise.
2007-03-06 16:32:13 · answer #4 · answered by kj 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Their position on issues, followed closely by the way they behave, on and off camera. Example, are they rude to people when the cameras aren't around? Did they leave the wife/husband when that person was ill/pregnant/otherwise vulnerable? Have they filed for bankruptcy/been investigated for tax fraud/spent time in jail?
2007-03-06 16:15:15 · answer #5 · answered by DisIllusioned 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋