Are you a straight ticket voter?

[gabosaurus]

No comment either way. Just wondering.
I have never voted a straight ticket in my life and don't intend to start now.
I have my doubts that either of my husband's parents have ever considered a Dem candidate.
Then there is my paternal grandfather, whose political views were slightly to the right of Tyr. :eek:

[SassyLady]

I'm an Independent....there is no straight ticket.

[logroller]

I'm an Independent....there is no straight ticket.

Ive never seen a straight ticket...seems there's always a few crooks, often there's no other choices near as I can tell.

[SassyLady]

Ive never seen a straight ticket...seems there's always a few crooks, often there's no other choices near as I can tell.

:panicsmiley:

[KarlMarx]

No comment either way. Just wondering.
I have never voted a straight ticket in my life and don't intend to start now.
I have my doubts that either of my husband's parents have ever considered a Dem candidate.
Then there is my paternal grandfather, whose political views were slightly to the right of Tyr. :eek:

Is there a gay ticket?

[tailfins]

I usually am. The only exceptions are if I see an Attorney General that doesn't take complaints from ordinary consumers seriously; I will vote against him regardless of party. The same goes if I see reports about abusive law enforcement; I will vote for the "other guy" for Mayor, Police Chief or Sheriff.

[glockmail]

In the general election, yes. I'll never vote for a Democrat.

[Abbey Marie]

Since I became Conservative, I still vote for some Dems in county elections about as much as for Republicans. The issues are very different.

[Nukeman]

Have never voted straight ticket!! NEVER will. We teach our children to look at the candidate not the party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mundame]

I can remember when I first started voting, in Chicago, the machines had a lever. You could simply pull the lever to vote for all Democrats at once, the whole ticket. You COULD vote for offices one at a time, but they complained about how long it took you! Scared me to death, it was my first vote, them whispering and saying we were taking too much time, trying to deny other people the vote, etc.

I don't suppose they have straight-ticket levers anymore -- anyone know?

[tailfins]

I can remember when I first started voting, in Chicago, the machines had a lever. You could simply pull the lever to vote for all Democrats at once, the whole ticket. You COULD vote for offices one at a time, but they complained about how long it took you! Scared me to death, it was my first vote, them whispering and saying we were taking too much time, trying to deny other people the vote, etc.

I don't suppose they have straight-ticket levers anymore -- anyone know?

Florida and Georgia do. In Florida, you opened the first page of the voting book after inserting your card where there is an option to vote "straight ticket". You then could override the straight ticket by flipping though book and voting for a candidate different from the party on the first page, that was referred to as a "split ticket". Georgia had the same options with a touch screen. Massachusetts has a ballot where you blacken ovals with a pencil. It was a primary, so I don't know if it offered straight ticket voting.

[fj1200]

... Georgia do.

I don't think so. I can't recall that option since I've been down here. I do recall a straight ticket option in MI but that was back in the late 1900s. ;)

[glockmail]

Have never voted straight ticket!! NEVER will. We teach our children to look at the candidate not the party!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you don't like the GOP candidate then vote 3rd party or skip that line. The fact that a candidate would register as a Democrat raises a big red flag about her character.

[glockmail]

I can remember when I first started voting, in Chicago, the machines had a lever. You could simply pull the lever to vote for all Democrats at once, the whole ticket. You COULD vote for offices one at a time, but they complained about how long it took you! Scared me to death, it was my first vote, them whispering and saying we were taking too much time, trying to deny other people the vote, etc.

I don't suppose they have straight-ticket levers anymore -- anyone know?

Those machines were built back in the mechanical age, when a coke cost a nickle and was seven ounces. They weighed a ton and took up lots of floor space while stored, which was most of the time. In most areas of the country (where growth has occurred since the 1950's) we have cheap little boxes that fold up and stack ten to a suitcase, and use paper ballots, either punch-out or fill-in-the-circle which are then read by a separate machine. Most paper ballots have a straight-ticket option, but if you want to vote for so-called 'non-partisan' offices, you'll have to vote for the individual candidates as well.

[Robert A Whit]

Since I became Conservative, I still vote for some Dems in county elections about as much as for Republicans. The issues are very different.

Well said. See my title line.

When I was a Democrat, the Goverment was always right. Always awesome. The Rich were evil bottom feeding scum suckers.

In short, I was a devoted socialist.

Sure, we have a long ways to go, but make no mistake, the aims of Democrats is to go full blown socialist. They want the Government to be the production and land owners.

Then a revelation hit me. No Democrat had any clue how to get rich. They would not want me to get rich since to them I would then be evil.

My life changing act was to study. I happened to get a book that changed my mind.

A Time for Truth by William E. Simon was read by me. It to me was as if somebody finally explained it all. I got a hunger for more truth. I then finally for the first time, read the books by Thomas Paine on government.

Talk about waking up. I realized the way the founders set things up has to do in part with Thomas Paine and his plea for freedom.

Since the Founding, Democrats have worked daily to undo what the founders created.

Democrats hold a few jobs where they can't do much damage. The job of Sheriff for instance might be held by some guy who is not trying to end freedom.

My major belief is that Democrats are anti freedom.

Don't buy that they are for freedom. Ain't goin ta happen.

[SassyLady]

Well said. See my title line.

When I was a Democrat, the Goverment was always right. Always awesome. The Rich were evil bottom feeding scum suckers.

In short, I was a devoted socialist.

Sure, we have a long ways to go, but make no mistake, the aims of Democrats is to go full blown socialist. They want the Government to be the production and land owners.

Then a revelation hit me. No Democrat had any clue how to get rich. They would not want me to get rich since to them I would then be evil.

My life changing act was to study. I happened to get a book that changed my mind.

A Time for Truth by William E. Simon was read by me. It to me was as if somebody finally explained it all. I got a hunger for more truth. I then finally for the first time, read the books by Thomas Paine on government.

Talk about waking up. I realized the way the founders set things up has to do in part with Thomas Paine and his plea for freedom.

Since the Founding, Democrats have worked daily to undo what the founders created.

Democrats hold a few jobs where they can't do much damage. The job of Sheriff for instance might be held by some guy who is not trying to end freedom.

My major belief is that Democrats are anti freedom.

Don't buy that they are for freedom. Ain't goin ta happen.

In your search for truth, did you happen to read Wealth of Nations? Atlas Shrugged?

[logroller]

In your search for truth, did you happen to read Wealth of Nations? Atlas Shrugged?

I might add Road to Serfdom.

[SassyLady]

I might add Road to Serfdom.

Have not heard of this one .... looks interesting.

[red states rule]

I can remember when I first started voting, in Chicago, the machines had a lever. You could simply pull the lever to vote for all Democrats at once, the whole ticket. You COULD vote for offices one at a time, but they complained about how long it took you! Scared me to death, it was my first vote, them whispering and saying we were taking too much time, trying to deny other people the vote, etc.

I don't suppose they have straight-ticket levers anymore -- anyone know?

Probably not. In most Dem run cities and sattes, the ballots are already filled out before election day to save the voters time and effort

After all dead voters and the illegals have better things to do with their time then going to the polls

[logroller]

Have not heard of this one .... looks interesting.
It lacks the allegory of atlas shrugged, (it's non-fiction), but is widely hailed as one of the greatest works of the 20th century by fans and critics alike.