How do you vote ?

britexpat
By britexpat

Been watching the start of the "conventions" and listening to the speeches. Michelle Obama was awesome - great orator - BUT , is it all smoke ?

Fascinated by the way we percieve our politicians..

So, my question: How do you vote ? Do you vote for the person or the policy ?

Do you vote at all ?

Note: please don't sidetrack to middle east politics and system :O)

By lawa• 6 Sep 2012 11:34
lawa

It's not like how we find that kind but it's the matter how we push them to do so.......

By lawa• 6 Sep 2012 07:04
Rating: 5/5
lawa

Policies can be define by anyone but they are done by few So we must vote person who really deserve it,Not to a policy which can be only in words but not in deeds.

By Bachus• 6 Sep 2012 06:10
Rating: 5/5
Bachus

It's all smoke and mirrors. When you get right down to it, there is only a marginal difference between Romney and Obama in terms of policy. It's not as if either is proposing a radical shift in American foreign or domestic policies--massive taxation to eliminate poverty or changing allies or dismantling the military. IMO it does not really matter who is elected. Besides, the president can't even pass his own policies; he needs Congress, which prevents anything innovative from being introduced: as the saying goes, "none of us is as stupid alone as we are together."

By stealth• 6 Sep 2012 05:37
stealth

I don't vote.

By britexpat• 5 Sep 2012 10:36
britexpat

Manmohan Singh is a wonderful politician with superb vocabulary , but not a great orator..

By britexpat• 5 Sep 2012 09:56
britexpat

I think I am too cynical. I watched the speeches at the Republican convention and also Michelle yesterday. Both came accross as overacted and contrived.

Listened to Boris Johnson yesterday. What a man :O)

By painther• 5 Sep 2012 09:40
Rating: 3/5
painther

i think currently US model of direct election (of executive head) is much suitable, probably we kept GB model for obvious reasons,

yep, fact is I'd vote for a friend/relative, perhaps i'm liberal/flexible in my political approach.

By britexpat• 5 Sep 2012 09:35
britexpat

It's a good model. Vote for the policy and not the person.

I am intrigued about your other statement though .. let's say you are a conservative. Would you then vote liberal, because a friend or relative was running ?

By painther• 5 Sep 2012 09:32
Rating: 5/5
painther

I vote (actually voted earlier) based on my political inclinations except when the contestant is somebody known/relative is not in the fray; in that case I vote for him/her on personal basis.

PS: we directly don’t vote for president/PM, it’s Westminster model.

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