Have recent events changed you as a voter?

[hammerklavier]

Please avoid any arguments or political discussions of the sort that could close this thread.

Please select one answer from each section (leave section 2 or 3 blank if it does not apply):

 

[psyopspec]

I voted other. My "recent events" had nothing to do with Sandy Hook, but I got back from my 3rd deployment last year then had a medical scare/recovery that gave me a lot of time to do some thinking. Basically I'm a compassionate civil libertarian. I'm pro-2A, pro marriage equality, and anti-war. But it's a two party system so screw me, right?

 

[Inebriated]

Without the Second Amendment, there is nothing protecting the rest of the Constitution, and without the Constitution, there is nothing keeping our Government from doing as they please. So I vote on 2A first and foremost, and I registered as a Libertarian when I turned 18, four years ago.

If I have to vote for anyone but a Libertarian, it's going to go to whoever offers the best bet at protecting 2A, whether they're Republican or Democrat, it doesn't matter to me.

 

[gbran]

I need a new party.

 

[2zulu1]

I remember the 2A fights from the 60s til now and vote accordingly.

 

[MErl]

I hate many things the R party stands for and so have split votes or voted third party in the past. For at least the next 2 elections I will not be. Third party is often a better match for my beliefs but this state has to be turned back to the other side.

 

[beatledog7]

Most members of both major parties have forgotten for whom they work. Or maybe too many of their employers have forgotten what it feels like to be free.

 

[Bobson]

I have not voted 2A first and that will not change and 2A is now more of a priority, but still not my first priority.

I've generally been a "split the ticket" voter, but that's not going to continue to happen. However, I won't simply vote for a Republican (or any other party) just because he's a member of that party. For example, look at John McCain. Ironically, I did for for McCain for President, and he's about as anti as most Democrats.

 

[Stevie-Ray]

I have always voted Republican all the way back to Ford. I will not vote 3rd party until I'm sure he/she stands a chance in hell, and even then, carefully watching the exit polls before voting.

 

[Inebriated]

If people would give the third party a chance in hell, the third party would have a chance in hell.

 

[montanaoffroader]

2A first, everything else second. Always.

My biggest problem in the past was having pro 2A candidates to vote for. When I lived in CA, there was often no one running for office who was worth voting for at all.

Where I live now it is not as much of a problem. Although my local voting districts have been gerrrymandered to the point where my vote means very little, I feel my vote still does some good in the larger statewide races.

 

[Balrog]

The bill of rights is only a piece of paper. It hasnt been honored by the federal government for over 200 yrs.

 

[loose noose]

Without the second Amendment the others don't stand the chance of a snowball in hell. I still believe in the Bill of Rights and the Constitution as it was written.

 

[mjkten]

I'd like to declare a disassociation from the Republican party, but vote realistically for God given rights. I struggle with the idea of "throwing my vote away" because I don't want liberals to have any advantage whatsoever in the process. I feel the establishment Republicans are not conservative at heart, and don't want them to take my vote for granted. Trying to keep Lindsey Graham honest, if that is possible.

 

[happygeek]

Basically I'm a compassionate civil libertarian. I'm pro-2A, pro marriage equality, and anit-war. But it's a two party system so screw me, right?

You can always vote for Gary Johnson, I did. Before the election a bunch of GOPers told me that people like me would cost Romney the election ... and then he lost the popular vote by such a wide margin that even if very single 3rd party vote had gone his way he still would have been behind. The GOP had no one to blame but themselves in that one.

 

[9MMare]

I'm basically a Libertarian (so I was not going to choose the option for some random third party) but vote mostly Democrat.

And I am not a single issue voter.

 

[Steve51]

The only thing recent events have shown me is you can't always trust a politician that receives a "A" rating from the NRA.
I hope they get a real wake up call next election!

 

[DeepSouth]

The second amendment and gun rights in general are, and have always been the first thing I look at when deciding how to vote, however its not the only thing I look at. I would not trade multiple rights for any one, it can be a balancing act, but not normally here in AL.

That said I seem to vote Democrat in local and sometimes state elections while voting republican in national elections.







Excuse typos, posted via iPhone.

 

[Steel Horse Rider]

I have always voted the Constitutional candidate. You cannot segregate the Constitution as it is a complete package and only retains its powers of individual liberty as a whole and not piecemeal. I generally vote Republican but I have voted independent or Libertarian in the past when the Republican candidate was a RINO.

 

[DMK]

I don't trust Democrat or republican officials. I don't trust either party. In the past I mostly voted independent.

This past election I voted mostly republican, at least in any office that has control over anti/pro gun legislation.

In the future, we will see. Many republicans have screwed us over.

 

[DMK]

If people would give the third party a chance in hell, the third party would have a chance in hell.

Exactly. If people keep repeating the same mistakes over and over we will never see any improvement.

Has either major party ever improved anything?

 

[Resto Guy]

If people would give the third party a chance in hell, the third party would have a chance in hell.

Absolutely correct. And as long as we the people are swayed by media, the third party will not get that chance.

 

[gdcpony]

Never had a "party" I would vote for exclusively. The 2A has always been my primary voting point. I have not changed a thing really.

 

[Shifty]

Recent events? No not so much. But like most I have found myself leaning more libertarian as I grow older. I just want to be left alone and not be punished for the misdeeds of others. Still angers me to no end that this country of hundreds of millions is reduced to a 2 party system.

Also, people and especially the media think that popular opinion matters. This is horseshoe*t. Its all in timing and how the survey is done. Popular opinion didn't want racial equality, popular opinion would have seen the middle east turned to glass after 9/11. We are forgetting that those we elect, despite having to serve the constituency that put them in office, has also a duty to represent all of us. Not just the popular vote. Follow the constitution.

Its funny how they roasted that goober Romney for the 47% nonsense, but when they turn it around and reduce the number to one that represents the pro 2A community it becomes acceptable.

Fed up. With all of it. My freedom is not something i need to justify, and I am sick of these men and women who are no more equal than, yet feel they have the "right" to impose their personal views upon my life. Grrrrr need a beer

 

[Twiki357]

I an Independent voter and vote for the candidate that most closely mirrors my beliefs, with pro-gun being at the top of the list. Unfortunately, that's sometimes difficult when an anti-gun Democrat is the sole candidate on the ballot.