What will be the most important issue to you when voting for a candidate for President in 2008?

Question

What will be the most important issue for you when voting for President of the United States of America in 2008? Would you say your childrens education is important? Democracy in Iraq? or Improving the American Economy?

Before I choose a Best Answer, I would like to say that I have enjoyed reading all of your answers about "What will be the most important issue to you when voting for a candidate for President in 2008?" I enjoyed reading what you felt was important for the 2008 Presidental Election.

Also, this is the most answers I have ever received for a question and the participants who answered showed me that the 2008 Election will be very important when electing the next President of the United States of America.

Answer 1

The most important issue for me really isn't an issue at all, it's the character of the person running. If any of these people have a good head on their shoulders (not just smarts, but an actual connection with citizens etc) then they will be more likely to make decisions that coincide with majority rule. Overall, I'd like to see more of a direct democracy instead of the indirect democracy that we've been living by. Kind of difficult with the growing population.

Personally, I'd like to see more aide for college students which would encourage the upcoming generations to strive for better jobs, lifestyles, etc. I'd also like to see there be an actual separation between church and state. Morals should definitely be a factor in making decisions nation-wide, but religion should not, it's too diverse.

I'm not sure where I stand with the illegal immigrants anymore... parts of me say they need to leave because they're taking our jobs, but then again, who else is going to take those jobs? Then I remember again the amount of people in poverty. I would love to see some sort of new program that would help these people out a little bit more than they are now (Appalachian area for example). I'm against abortion unless the mother is in danger of dying, and that would be the only exception.

One more thing... Tax cuts. Everyone is complaining that this isn't happening and they'd like to see it happen. I feel this is a very personal thing about not wanting to give anymore money to the gov't. I also believe that the gov't needs money to get the things we went them to get done, finished. We have to wade out the taxes - what goes up, must come down.

Across the board, I'm all over the place. I think it's the same with the whole US... impossible to say whether I'm going to vote democratic or republican. Issues just need to be solved.

Answer 2

I don't think an issue or many issues is the appropriate onus, i believe a candidates entire capability, the all encompassing effect they would have should be the determinator. Age is a key factor Clinton is now too old and would drag through 4 to 8 years just as this century gained a liveliness and momentum, that would deny that big bird in the sky genuine wingspan and cause loss and damage although unseen but in reality the blunting of a nations legitimate credit and worth. Obama has style and character but the shock easing and oozing it's silent way under the carpet and foundation would be just as unacceptable. Giuliani is a small zone or small area genius and master though techniques used by wizards at the CIA would show that that strength would fail to evolve and adapt at larger a world and responsibility. John Edwards has steady, calm and assertive organization and influence that would succeed in the highest representation though the roadblock of Mrs Clinton's might too effectively impede and thwart him as other worthy and genuine "winners" have been before by fate and chance.... lost in the tendrils of time and effort.
Mitt Romney would be the preferred and best next president with a clean, fairly young and precise an honoring and satisfying of all the criteria regardless of any peculiarities in few of however many issues offerred as others may also be in the realm of specialization and variety of. I am an Australian and don't support any candidate.

Answer 3

George W Bush may have quit drinking and driving, but he has put this country in a deep ditch anyway. What's the most important issue? Hell, internationally this pinhead has a bogged down in a civil war, has the whole world pissed at us and he's sending our jobs to China and brining back poison dog food and dangerous toys for your kids under the guise of 'free trade'. On the domestic side, I can't quit my job and go out on my own because I can't get any health insurance. Two people on my block have had the bank foreclose on their homes. My neighbors in New Orleans can't get home. When I fly anywhere, I cant wear shoes or a belt or take a can of shaving cream with me and once I get on the plane, it sits on the tarmac for 2 hours - and that's after I spent tax money on Homeland Security and an airline bailout.

There are more important issues than I can shake a stick at, but I will tell you this much... I will never vote for a Republican for President or any federal office again and I am a white male in my 40s from Louisiana. That's bad.

Answer 4

We need an executive branch led by someone intelligent, honest, and with a real understanding of all the issues facing the world-not just the united states-today. The world is headed towards a crisis, and very very hard choices are on the horizon. We must deal with the fact that there are too many people consuming the earth's scare resources at an unsustainable rate, and we as citizens of earth must come together to avoid a catastrophe for all mankind. We need to come to an equal distribution of resources and sustaniable levels of reproduction and consumption, the sooner the better. I will vote for the candidate I think best understands this reality.

Answer 5

Improving the American Economy is on the top 3 on my list.

3. Improve the American Economy
2. Reduce government size and wasteful spending
1. Protect the Constitution and the Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness of American people.

Improving the American economy reqiures many different things. The president should understand the fundamentals of the economy and the market forces.

I would choose a candidate who upholds free trade, lower taxes, and cuts wasteful spending by the government. That candidate is none but Dr. Ron Paul. He has the best understanding of economics among all the other candidates. He is a scholar at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, an Austrian school of economics that encourages free trade and less government control on the economy.

Answer 6

The War In Iraq and the Global War On Terrorism is THE most important issue facing this country at this time. If we do not win, or if we turn tail, the trouble we will bring to this country will be tremendous. We need to persevere in the Middle East. As the President stated when he sent troops to the Middle East, he'd rather fight the terrorists there than in the streets here. There is a reason that no attack on U.S. soil has occurred since 9/11. It is time we give the President some slack and consider that he was right in his actions.

We have lost some great Americans in this conflict. If this were a Vietnam quagmire as some have claimed, we should have lost almost 26,000 soldiers by now. I find it remarkable hat we've reduced the number of fatalities in any conflict we fight by 78%!!!

Consider though that we've also lost almost as many Americans in traffic accidents overseas as we have in Iraq. We've lost over 160,000 Americans in traffic accidents here in the U.S. since the Iraq war began. Just under half of those were alcohol-related deaths. There have been over 4,800,000 abortions performed in the last 4 years. A little perspective is needed in the most important struggle of our time.

Here is something else to ponder. The current U.S. death rate is 8.3 per 1000 population per year. If the population of U.S. soldiers in Iraq met this rate, we would have lost 1,394 soldiers per year. As of right now, we've only lost 937 soldiers per year. That is far lower than the U.S. death rate. The way the media has been reporting the conflict, you would swear that it would have been much, much higher than the death rate.

Let us continue this struggle and not give up until democracies are established in Afghanistan and Iraq. Remember, It was 8 years before Germany established a democratic government following World War 2. We still have forces there.

Answer 7

Restoring international respect for theUnited States is, to me, the single, most important issue under which all other issues become secondary. How will this issue be addressed by the new president? 1. By improving the American economy. 2. By setting up a solution in Iraq with the help of its neighbors. 3. By improving American education. 4. By making major improvements to health care.

By doing all these, America will regain the respect of nations.

Answer 8

It is not any one issue. We need an executive branch led by someone intelligent, honest, and with a real understanding of all the issues facing the world-not just the united states-today. The world is headed towards a crisis, and very very hard choices are on the horizon. We must deal with the fact that there are too many people consuming the earth's scare resources at an unsustainable rate, and we as citizens of earth must come together to avoid a catastrophe for all mankind. We need to come to an equal distribution of resources and sustaniable levels of reproduction and consumption, the sooner the better. I will vote for the candidate I think best understands this reality.

Answer 9

The top three that I'm focusing on:
1. Preserving our 2nd Amendment Rights and repealing all current gun control laws. - this would make the country more safe due to allowing the honest, law-abiding citizens to defend themselves as intended.
2. A fair tax system - I really like the idea of having a national sales tax on all non-grocey items and eliminating the income tax. Abolish the IRS!
3. Securing our borders - without them, we don't have a nation. All illegal aliens need to be deported. I have no problem with people coming into this country, the only requirements I would want to see would be that they speak English and have a clean criminal history.

I haven't listed the war in Iraq because I feel that it was, initially, a necessary evil because Saddam was a madman and a murderer. However, I'm disgusted with the way Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld micro-managed the war (like in Vietnam) rather than allowing our field commanders to do what they needed to do. IF someone were to be elected that would allow the soldiers in the field to do what is necessary to finish the job, then so be it, otherwise, it's time to bring them home because we have no business being in the middle of a civil war.

Answer 10

he original conspirators though. The federal reserve is patently unconstitutional. We will NEVER be out of debt until somebody gets rid of that vile corporation. They are the most vile outfit ever to walk the face of the earth. If we don't do away with them relatively soon our slavery to them will be so obvious even the densest among us will no longer be able to deny it. They own the federal government lock, stock and barrel. They caused the great depression, WWI, WWII, Viet Nam, the Gulf War and the current one in Iraq. They financed both sides in all those conflicts. They have COMPLETE control of the economy. If the government doesn't toe their line they simply restrict the money supply. They can cause not just a nation wide bank failure but a world wide failure any time they choose. This isn't the only country