I personally couldn't imagine voting for any of the democratic candidates so I wonder how others must feel.....My only request is you answer rationally.
2007-05-10 07:46:33 · 8 answers · asked by grinninh 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
I'm not American, but if I were, I suppose my answer would be "yes".
Why? I live in the UK and I normally support the centre-left Labour Party. And yet, I just voted for the Conservatives last week.
Things might be a bit different in the two countries, though.
For one thing, there's less of a focus on moral/ethical issues here. In the UK, Abortion with limits is pretty much accepted. So are gay rights with limits, stem cell research, etc. Whereas these are polarising issues in the US, mainstream British political parties have pretty much compromised here. If you're a typical American conservative, however, it's probably hard for you to even imagine compromising on something like abortion!
So, in essence, mainstream British political parties are a lot more "centrist" than their American counterparts.
To answer your question in a more American context, I suppose I will concur with what the first answerer wrote. Not all Republicans are far-right. I lived in California a few years ago, and if I were American, I would have supported Richard Riordan in the 2004 state governor elections.
Riordan = Republican ex-mayor of Los Angeles, considered moderate and "Republican in name only" by some, since he was in favour of policies such as gun control. Riordan lost to Bill Simon in the Republican primaries. In turn, Simon lost to Davis, and Davis was eventually booted out and replaced by Arnold.
Of course, Riordan's example just shows what a hard time moderate Republicans get in the politically polarised US! Especially if they aren't celebrities (*cough* Arnold *cough*).
2007-05-10 08:34:00 · answer #1 · answered by mmhmmm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I wouldn't. The Republicans are just rehashing old issues and I am getting sick and tired of hearing about abortion! We have a separation between church and state here. Let God judge, not a political party. Additionally, the Dems. have some really exciting, fresh-faced candidates. It would be a tremendous asset for Americans to have a female or other minority President (Obama, Richardson). I think the world would view us in a different, less hipocritcal manner. The Rebuplicans seem old and tired at this point.
2007-05-10 17:24:48 · answer #2 · answered by It is what it is 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have problems with all of the Republican candidates. Several years ago, I suppose I would have considered Colin Powell if he were to run as a Republican. I probably would not have voted for him, but I respect his leadership skills and stances on issues more so than most other people in the party.
2007-05-11 01:15:36 · answer #3 · answered by I am that damn good. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely, no. I saw this out of the probability that a Republican candiate is very unlikely to agree with me on a large number of issues that I find important. Although I might not 100% agree with every democrat, I find more common ground in that party. So its not necessarily that I'm not voting for them because they are Republicans, but because the other party suits my personal beliefs better. The platform a Republican candiate would have to take to get me to vote for them, would pretty much not make them a Republican anymore.
2007-05-10 14:51:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
At this point, no. There are some good people in the Republican party, and I've actually voted for a few in my times (but never for President). But at this point, I think the party as a whole is so corrupted and so opposed to my values that I would never be willing to support anybody running under its brand - even if it was somebody I respected, their allegiance to the Republican Party would disqualify them for me.
If the party were to change and become more moderate as it was in the pre-Reagan era, i would likely change on this. But until that happens, no.
2007-05-10 16:28:42 · answer #5 · answered by A M Frantz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if the candidate was for fiscal responsibility, for ending the war in Iraq, and was a 'compassionate conservative' as Bush claimed to be back in the year 2000.
2007-05-10 15:26:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to up until Reagan, but all of the Republicans since Reagan have abandoned the tenets that the party was built on.
2007-05-10 15:06:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Certainly, provided he is pro-choice, for gay rights, pro-gun control, against the war and not opposed by a better candidate.
In other words, a New York republican running anywhere but New York.
2007-05-10 14:51:21 · answer #8 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋