Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Unless you vote Republican, no.
Originally posted by: amdfanboy
Without knowing the people runnning?
Originally posted by: Rainsford
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Unless you vote Republican, no.
Did you intend to say that it's only stupid to vote straight ticket if you're voting Republican? Because that's what you said
Originally posted by: Budarow
Voting straight ticket in national elections indicates you know your party's platform and understand in ernest what your party is trying to accomplish. Why do you think politicians "belong" to a party? Ticket spliters do so for the following main reasons:
1. They do not have a thorough understanding of the demo/repub platforms
2. They actually believe political ads speak the truth.
3. They are confussed by the platforms (i.e., a party's platform seems to make sense to them but the party does things which conflicts with their platform) and/or political ads (i.e., the ads somewhat make sense but are contrary to knowledge the voter has) so they split their ticket thinking they are "balancing" the power between the political partys as is suggested by the U.S.'s three branches of government.
I suggest all you ticket spliters look deeper into U.S. politics so you feel comfortable in voting a straight ticket. The days of "voting for the man (or woman)" have been largely over for numerous decades becuase both major partys are extremely polorized.
Originally posted by: Budarow
Voting straight ticket in national elections indicates you know your party's platform and understand in ernest what your party is trying to accomplish. Why do you think politicians "belong" to a party? Ticket spliters do so for the following main reasons:
1. They do not have a thorough understanding of the demo/repub platforms
2. They actually believe political ads speak the truth.
3. They are confussed by the platforms (i.e., a party's platform seems to make sense to them but the party does things which conflicts with their platform) and/or political ads (i.e., the ads somewhat make sense but are contrary to knowledge the voter has) so they split their ticket thinking they are "balancing" the power between the political partys as is suggested by the U.S.'s three branches of government.
I suggest all you ticket spliters look deeper into U.S. politics so you feel comfortable in voting a straight ticket. The days of "voting for the man (or woman)" have been largely over for numerous decades becuase both major partys are extremely polorized.
Originally posted by: Budarow
Voting straight ticket in national elections indicates you know your party's platform and understand in ernest what your party is trying to accomplish. Why do you think politicians "belong" to a party? Ticket spliters do so for the following main reasons:
1. They do not have a thorough understanding of the demo/repub platforms
2. They actually believe political ads speak the truth.
3. They are confussed by the platforms (i.e., a party's platform seems to make sense to them but the party does things which conflicts with their platform) and/or political ads (i.e., the ads somewhat make sense but are contrary to knowledge the voter has) so they split their ticket thinking they are "balancing" the power between the political partys as is suggested by the U.S.'s three branches of government.
I suggest all you ticket spliters look deeper into U.S. politics so you feel comfortable in voting a straight ticket. The days of "voting for the man (or woman)" have been largely over for numerous decades becuase both major partys are extremely polorized.