How many of you will vote for your party's candidate no matter who they are?

Question

If not, please explain why and what you will do instead. Stay home? Vote for the other party? Write in a candidate?

No political agenda here, simply curious. Thanks.

Answer 1

I will be voting democratic straight down the line. I'm hoping Hillary will be the nominee but I find all the democrats acceptable.

Answer 2

In the past, I've always voted Republican at the national level, but I won't do that in 2008 unless Ron Paul wins the nomination. Fred Thompson is better than Guiliani, but he supports the ideals behind the Iraq war, which I opposed from the beginning. I'm afraid that, if he is elected, he'll continue trying to achieve Pax Americana, which is insane. We can't afford it and the world doesn't want it. Already, Russia and China are talking about joint military exercises in response to what they term U.S. "aggression". We're setting ourselves up for another cold war, and this time I don't think we'll come out on top, especially given our economic instability.

So, no, I'm done with the party vote system, and also with the idea of voting for the "lesser of the two evils", as it seems that the "lesser" evil is becoming progressively more evil with each passing year.

I consider myself an independent now, and will direct my energies to developing more principled third party efforts, like the American Freedom Party: http://americanfreedomparty.blogspot.com. I want a "good" alternative for once, as opposed to being forced to choose amongst the available evils.

Answer 3

I don't usually vote for partys. But now that I've said that, the Dems and the Green party most represent my views. I vote for those candidates that most represent the Constitution and the people. I'd never vote GOP unless Ron Paul was on a ticket with Dennis Kucinich or something like that.

Answer 4

My party has a couple dunces running who won't win, but if they did there's a few from the opposing party I would vote for.

If I didn't like either of the major parties candidates I'd vote for one from a fringe party as a protest vote. Staying home on election day is not an option for me.

Answer 5

I will vote Democrat without a question, however I will have trouble deciding if the Mike Huckabee becomes the primary candidate for the republicans and he is squared off against Clinton or Biden. I hate both of those dems because they both are just as bad as a typical republican. So we'll see!

Answer 6

As I'm pretty satisfied with all of my party's contenders, I will vote for whoever wins the candidacy. I would never not vote, and it would take an awfully good candidate for me to vote outside of my party.

Answer 7

NOT ME!!!! I will not vote. I have come to believe that no matter who is in the white house or congress they listen mainly to the rich and powerful. So it doesnt matter who gets elected. Everything is set up to be a certain way. my candidate doesn't have a chance.We the (little) People can't chance things unless we force the government by protest and civil disobedience. They work for us -not we for them. I say we start a new grassroots movement - get back to the CONSTITUTION which the word constituents is derived from.

Answer 8

Twice in past general elections (for prez), I've declined to vote for "my" party's nominee. In one, I wrote in the name of the person I'd supported in the primaries - I saw no merit in supporting the nominee. In the other, I deliberately cast a blank ballot (though I voted for other offices) - this was in protest of the process by which the nomination had been secured (and was more a sociological than a political protest).

This time, I'm over 90% certain to be with "my" party, though I'm open to seeing what Unity 08 does, and if Clinton is the Dem nominee, there is a slim, slim, slim, slim, slim, slim, slim, slim, slim, slim, slim, slim, slim, slim, slim, slim, slim glimmer of hope for the Republican nominee to get my vote (unless it's Romney, Giuliani, Brownback, Tancredo, Paul, or Hunter... Huckabee, Thompson, or McCain might have a slim, slim, slim, slim, slim, slim, slim, slim, slim chance of consideration).

Answer 9

I don't have a party. I consider myself an independent. But, I think it is crucial, especially at this particular time in history, that we all vote only for the person and who and what they stand for, rather than party or gender or race or religion. It is crucial that we have a president who stands for the interests of the people, rather than the corporate interests...etc! *sm*

Answer 10

Not I.

If ANY candidate runs on a platform that is closest to my beliefs, I will vote for them. In '04, I voted for a Democrat governor because she had better values for my famiy and most specifically my wife (she's a teacher) and my governor is a strong fighter for teachers and education. :)
See, we're not blindly following what our party suggests ;)
I wouldn't stay home because my vote counts.
Good question!