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Originally Posted by charlie g
Wow.... kinda reaching a little Colin. IF your neighbor could get on the ballot and his issues matched your own, you would not vote for him? Why? Maybe he doesn't look presidential, because I know that's what's important to many voters. What is the correct answer for the person for us to give our vote to. Maybe someone we don't agree with would be better?
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There is no correct answer. Everyone has different reasons for voting. Some people vote only on or two issues. Some people don't vote as much on issues. Voting on issues is valid. Voting on leadership is valid. Voting on past success in life is valid.
You implied that "getting on a ballot" displays some skill and maybe at that point they can be considered for president. Well, that might be true to some extent but it doesn't necessarily mean they have the management skills, leadership and confidence to be president of a country. It shows some skill. It doesn't necessarily show enough.
Running a presidential campaign also displays some skill. I don't think Paul is running that good of a campaign. Not compared to say, Clinton. She has a large staff and some heavy hitters working on her campaign. She has put together the kind of staff that it takes to win a presidential campaign (of course, she may or may not win).
Without his grassroots support Paul is about a 1% candidate. That is what he did in the last election he ran in. With it he is currently at less than 4% nationwide.
But back to your question. Say that the most important issue to me in politics is the tax rate. Say all the other issues are just not really that important to me. Now say I agree with 80% of Hillary Clinton's positions. well, maybe that doesn't mean anything to me because she will try and raise taxes.
Another example. Say there are two candidates whose positions I like about equally. But I think one of them has a better chance of getting some of the things passed that he or she wants. Well, maybe in that case I should vote for that candidate over the other. Maybe one candidate will be less divisive (Obama's marketing here whether true or not). Maybe that is important to me
so I could vote that way)
Will the United States be a better place to live for me with candidate A or B (or my family or all of us or whomever we care to care about)? That is not simply a matter of which candidate has views I most agree with.