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Are You a Straight Ticket Voter?

Are You a Straight Ticket Voter?


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Last three republican POTUS terms, three new recessions, three new wars.

Last four dem POTUS terms, zero new recessions, zero new wars.

You must be fond of wars and recessions, but...whatever.

In 1964, my father was told if he voted for GOLDWATER we'd get into a war we couldn't win and the cost of government would rise exponentially.

they were right because he did vote for Goldwater and we got into a war we couldn't win and the cost of government went through the roof. You confuse presidents with control of congress. and you forget Carter
 
In 1964, my father was told if he voted for GOLDWATER we'd get into a war we couldn't win and the cost of government would rise exponentially.

they were right because he did vote for Goldwater and we got into a war we couldn't win and the cost of government went through the roof. You confuse presidents with control of congress. and you forget Carter

Yea, that's right, if I included Carter, Kennedy/Johnson and Nixon/Ford and Reagan, it would look more like this...

Republican POTUS, last 7 terms, 3 new wars and 7 new recessions
Democrat POTUS, last 7 terms, 1 new war and 1 new recession.

That makes it look at lot better doesn't it?
 
Yea, that's right, if I included Carter and Nixon/Ford and Reagan, it would look more like this...

Republican POTUS, last 7 terms, 3 new wars and 7 new recessions
Democrat POTUS, last 5 terms, 0 new wars and 1 new recession.

That makes it look at lot better doesn't it?

if you go back 100 years

WWI Democrats
WWII democrat
Korea-Democrat
Vietnam Democrat
 
Yea, that's right, if I included Carter, Kennedy/Johnson and Nixon/Ford and Reagan, it would look more like this...

Republican POTUS, last 7 terms, 3 new wars and 7 new recessions
Democrat POTUS, last 7 terms, 1 new war and 1 new recession.

That makes it look at lot better doesn't it?
One, recessions are cyclical to a certain degree. They come and go regardless who is in charge.

Two, is it possible that the seeds for these recessions were actually sown during previous Dem administrations, and that the Rep Presidents simply cleaned them up? ;) Nothing happens instantaneously, ya know.
 
One, recessions are cyclical to a certain degree. They come and go regardless who is in charge.

Two, is it possible that the seeds for these recessions were actually sown during previous Dem administrations, and that the Rep Presidents simply cleaned them up? ;) Nothing happens instantaneously, ya know.

Sure, and thats exactly what republicans like to claim, regardless of who's administration the recession was is (usually a republican POTUS), it was the fault of those darned democrats.
 
Vietnam was first engaged under Eisenhower. It was only expanded under Johnson.

actually Truman was approached by Uncle Ho's people to help keep Nam free of France's attempt to recolonize it. Due to the fall of China to the Communists, the Truman administration was unable to think rationally and blew HCM off: that is what really started the ball rolling.

Read Fire in the Lake by Frances Fitzgerald
 
I vote for the person who I agree with most on the issues....That is usually the GOP.
 
I vote for the person who I agree with most on the issues....That is usually the GOP.

"Usually", or 100% of the time?

Somehow I can't see you ever voting for a democrat, or for the green party, or any of those other left wing nutcase parties.
 
I tend to vote mostly democrat, have voted for a libertarian or two in the past though. Almost voted for a republican in a local election but ended up liking the democrat just slightly more.

Right now it ends up almost always (outside of municipal elections, depending on the candidate) being democrat because republicans keep holding onto their "pro-life, anti-gay marriage, no new taxes/cut taxes," stuff. If there was a candidate I didn't hate on social issues, and was willing to look at increasing taxes if need be, then I'd be tempted to vote for a republican. A little cautious on supporting state government over federal, due to the constant attempts to ban gay marriage and the such, but could overlook it if the rest clicked.

Seems be a long long time before that, so I guess I'll end up being a mostly straight ticket voter unless the democrats put up some real dross then I'll go libertarian or green.
 
"Usually", or 100% of the time?

Somehow I can't see you ever voting for a democrat, or for the green party, or any of those other left wing nutcase parties.

NP is just ashamed to admit he is a Republican. Don't know why....but he just can't seem to stomach it.
 
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Im not sure what this is supposed to indicate.
 
Be honest. If you've never voted for someone from the "other" party (or you've done it so infrequently that it pretty much doesn't matter, like you can think of that one time 30 years ago that you did, etc.), you are a straight ticket voter and just own it. You're hardly alone. The majority of voters vote a straight Democrat ticket where I live and, in other Texas cities, most vote a straight Republican ticket. In fact, it's funny. Where I live, the GOP laments that kind of voting (which I agree with) but promotes it anywhere Repubs are the majority...but I digress. If you're constantly lamenting the other side as being "cold hearted" or the "empty headed", why should there be a reluctance to admit that you'd never cast your vote for someone you percieve that way? So just be real.

getting the poll together

no i vote person

last time I think the mix was 4, 2, 1 over all 4 dems, 2 reps and an independence . . maybe it was 3,2,1 i cant remember

and on a side note only one two of my picks didnt get it
 
I would say I almost always vote straight ticket, Democrat. I have voted for a few Republicans over the years. I have specifically voted Republican for mayor in Los Angeles (Richard Riordan) and in some of the other municipal elections. The last Republican, however, that I voted for on a national level was Ronald Reagan in 1984 (which I still consider the biggest political mistake I ever made).
 
I'm pretty much a straight ticket voter, with the occasional libertarian vote, during my time of voting age. The reasons for that is really quite simple...

By and large, there's not going to be a Democratic Candidate that is more in line with my political views than a Republican Candidate. Similarly, due to the nature of how our government is structured, even if there is such a candidate, the reality is that once in office (at least on a federal) he's far more likely to simply fall in line and vote with the party on many things that he may normally not agree with. It's the nature of party politics with the legislature at the federal level as it is.

For me, the notion of "vote for the person not the party" comes in much more as to whether or not I'm actually going to bother and vote. If my policy, or personal, issue with a candidate is so strong that I can't bring myself to vote for them then I generally simply won't vote for them. It's unlikely that I'd cast a vote for the Democrat instead, because there's likely as many, if not more, policy things that make me feel that fashion (let alone whatever possible personal issues I may have with that person as well).

So for me, I'd say if I had to break down the chances on percentages. 84% chance I'm voting Republican. 10% chance I'm not voting. 5% chance I'm voting 3rd party. 1% chance I'm voting Democrat.
 
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