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Originally Posted by woxyroxme
People either vote out of blind party loyalty or they vote against the other guy.
Nobody votes on issues
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Every Independent, Republican, or Decline to State in my family votes issues and what is best for the country (not themselves) first. The Democrats...it's usually 'me first'. Example -- All of the unionized classroom teachers in my family vote a straight Democrat ticket.
I've never once voted for what I thought was best for me, only what is best for the country. IMO, voting with the primary motivation being what is best for yourself personally is unpatriotic. Why are people looking to extract something from government? I've never understood this. JFK was a hypocrite re this issue (he saw that giving city workers the right to bargain collectively helped NYC mayor Richard Wagner get reelected, so seeking similar results JFK signed an EO giving the same right to federal workers), but I still agree with the spirit of what he said - 'ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country'.