a) vote for the top candidate within your party to help ensure they won?
b) vote for your favorite candidate, even though that might ensure victory of the other party?
c) not vote at all
and why?
2007-10-04 05:13:03 · 14 answers · asked by Roland'sMommy 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
I would vote for the top candidate my vote is too important to throw it away. I would hate to see Hillary win because i voted for someone that doesn't have a chance at winning
2007-10-04 05:18:43 · answer #1 · answered by Wildroze 4 · 4⤊ 2⤋
In the primaries I will vote of the best person I feel will make a great president according to my values. Then the conventions will happen and my person just may not make the cut. So now will they run independent? will they be chosen as a VP running mate?will they throw their support to the top person?and do I like the top person? I have a tendency to vote with in my favorite political party because they come the closest to my morals and values, but I have voted out of party lines because they were the best for the job.
Will I be happy with the out come NO but I live In America and change is always the possibility 4 years away
2007-10-04 05:41:37 · answer #2 · answered by flautumn_redhead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow - good question!
Depends. If I like the candidate that will probably win, then I would still vote for my favorite because that wouldn't tip the balance.
But if I really didn't like the candidate that would probably win, then I would vote for the lesser of the evils to ensure the one I really didn't like would not get in.
I have NEVER missed a vote since I turned 18, and there is no excuse for not voting.
2007-10-04 05:19:19 · answer #3 · answered by Leah 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
People who hate on Dr. Paul have a vested interest in the status quo. He has a good chance of winning, so far it looks like he is polling 20% with a crowded Repub. field. It will come down to a two man race soon, so that should help. He always is near certain to beat Obama since all the young voters and independents have abandoned him. Now that is assuming voting is legit, and not rigged.
2016-04-07 03:44:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
B) If my candidate "looked" like they would lose it is not definite. I would vote for them and encourage others to see my point of view on this candidate. I wouldn't vote for the top person in my party because even though they are in the same party their views on what's important to me may be totally different, so it wouldn't work for me. I would always vote>
2007-10-04 05:35:01 · answer #5 · answered by doxie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably A since I would agree with them more than the other party. But next year could come down to C. for the first time since I have been able to vote. I like some Democrats and some Republicans but it looks like it will be a liberal against a conservative again. I can't hardly stomach either.
2007-10-04 05:20:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've always voted, regardless of whether it was a village, town, county, school board, state or national election.
I usually stand behind my beliefs and candidate(s). I wouldn't back ANYONE just to ensure a party victory.
That said, in 2000 and 2004 I voted for Ralph Nader because the electoral college kind of rendered my vote insignificant. You could call it a protest vote.
2007-10-04 05:22:59 · answer #7 · answered by Michael K 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
B) I'm voting for Ron Paul because I voted for Bush because I thought he was the lesser of two evils, which I still believe he is. But I've learned a lesson: when you vote for the lesser of two evils, you still elect evil. That's why I'm voting for Ron Paul.
2007-10-04 10:18:39 · answer #8 · answered by Brian R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A.
I'm sure Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, or Fred Thompson would do just as hard to get into the whitehouse as Rudy would.
2007-10-04 09:27:37 · answer #9 · answered by I hate Hillary Clinton 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A
I have to pick the best available choice.
You have defined my "top choice" as not available, so that's what I'd have to do.
Then again, if the only choices were totally repugnant to my core principles, then maybe I'd choose B or C.
2007-10-04 05:17:26 · answer #10 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋