I find it hard to be a full-blown partisan when there are so many complex issues.
If you cannot agree with everything one party supports, is that wrong? Should you repress your individualism and submit to agreeing with every single issue for a candidate/party no matter what?
I do not think it is required to vote for somebody.
When you look deep into your own beliefs you may find them differing from these major political parties. I think a person's individual views should not be washed away when voting, and it is okay to vote for somebody that thinks differently than you on some topics. There is nothing wrong with having an issue so important it is required that you vote for the people who agree with you on it, but throwing out your personal views to fit into this party should not be required.
You should not have to be a hardcore partisan to vote. I think it is okay to vote somebody you agree with on most issues or the most important issues to you, but not all issues. If you HAD to agree with everything a candidate/party supported, I find it frankly impossible, especially with the US two-party system.
Sorry if this is something extremely agreed on, but the recent s*** slinging of partisans made me question what a vote should really mean.
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I don't think that most people vote based on a completely informed choice of what each candidate runs on, but rather based on how they feel or maybe they pick a few specifics to focus on.
For example, maybe the only thing you care about is a certain issue, you might tend to focus on that one issue and ignore the others if they matter less to you, even if it is the only thing that your selected candidate and you agree on.
The likely hood that one particular candidate will have exactly the same stances as you on everything are slim, so you will have to make cuts and choices, and the way people typically do that is to rank their values and pick the person who is most in line with them. Politics didn't used to be as partisan as it is recently, and I think the biggest component of that is the slow draw towards authoritarian ideas that has creeped into out traditionally libertarian system. This is driving people to become more "rabid" about what values they have and to conform to other's values more readily, in a tribalistic way.
Stars formed, planets coalesced, and on at least one of them life took root.
Through a long process of evolution this life developed into the human race.
Humans conquered fire, built complex societies and advanced technology .
All of that so we can argue about nothing.
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A better question, I think, would be this: "Should you be partially responsible for everything your vote results in?" I would say probably, however, in practice one vote is so unlikely to make any difference that this question barely has any practical applications.
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