The most polarizing candidates that they can find. Hillary, Obama, Gore, Cheney, another Bush will only further divide us. Can't we find anyone ( no not Ron Paul) who will be more pallitable to Americans in general?
2007-07-21 07:08:09 · 4 answers · asked by barry c 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
The problem is one of motivation.
The majority of people who vote do so for emotional reasons. They care passionately about whatever the issues are, and that breaks them out of their lethargy enough to deal with the hassles of voting.
Passion is most common among fanatics, and the edge candidates at either end of the spectrum can motivate those who care strongly about those partisan issues.
Moderates are reasonable. They may inspire people intellectually, but rarely get the blood all fired up emotionally. So, moderates lose out because their constituency rarely gets all frenzied about asserting their opinion. So their opinion gets drowned out by the fanatics at either end.
2007-07-21 07:41:25 · answer #1 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right now a lot of people in both parties are very very angry. Some also mistakenly believe that the majority of this Country is just like them.
If you look at the polls from the 2004 primaries. Most people voting in the Democratic primaries thought that John Kerry was the candidate most likely to win. However, the candidate who got the most votes from swing voters in those primaries was John Edwards.
Unfortunately, many times, a political party selects a leader who reflects the views of the majority of the party rather than one who can make a credible case for a significant part of the party's agenda to swing voters. This problem is not restricted to the U.S. (see some of the leaders of the Labour Party in the U.K in the 1980s and the Conservative Party in the U.K in the later 1990's and early 2000's).
It would be nice to see the parties nominate two true moderates. However, Bill Richardson and Joe Biden don't seem to be getting too much traction in the Democratic field yet. John Edwards has learned from 2004 that he needs to run from the left and not the center to get the nomination. Mitt Romney has learned the same lesson for the Republican side and is running from the right not the center (as is John McCain). Finally, while Giuliani is running as a sort-of moderate, that will probably cost him the Republican nomination.
2007-07-21 14:35:23 · answer #2 · answered by Tmess2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fred Thompson
2007-07-21 14:28:21 · answer #3 · answered by Job1000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The media picks who we vote for and polarizing candidates sell sponsors that improve their bottom line. So if the message is loud and in your face they love it and we don't get to hear about some of the other candidates.
Time to vote anti-media?
2007-07-21 14:20:00 · answer #4 · answered by dam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋