Political Affliations And Reasonings Behind It

The year in question. The graph is sorted from highest to lowest values by year.

I also live in America, but I'm a Socialist. I don't feel that capitalism works whatsoever, and I feel that a government that claims to be 'for the people by the people' should be taken literally, as opposed to being a forum for wealthy mostly-white old men to tell everyone else what to do.

let a bunch of uninformed/falsely informed kids vote and the country goes down the crapper

And they are possible 10 times more informed than you on any political subject.





Good Call lol.

How's it silly. I go vote. If the person doesn't win by 1 vote, then how did my vote count?

Now, if I wanted to get involved, I could volunteer for the candidate of my choice and influence others to vote, but I don't have to vote to do that.

Aw MD, don't fret because you are one of the oldies. :p Kidding! kidding! You are right that uninformed people are just as bad as old stuck-in-the-past people. That's actually why I haven't voted lately, I don't feel well-informed enough. My own fault, I didn't follow the Obama and McCain campaigns, but still. I don't want to toss out a crappy vote just to say I voted when I myself don't understand everything yet.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/groupthink

Preface: Voteing in Australia is Mandatory.

Ill informed people voteing (of any age bracket) is *** up and one reason I hate Mandatory voteing. All though, I think it is better off over all then not having it.

Example, Last state election. Dad and his daughter, her first election. Actual quote;
Dad: Here honey have a Labor (Sudo-Democrat... I guess) 'How to Vote Card' because we dont want you voting for those Lib (Republican) retards.

Now thats all well and good for her if she wanted to vote that way, but I happened to know about the education reform Labor was pushing for Universities. If this daughter had any plans to go for further education (but with a father like that... unikely) she, personally, would have been better off with the Libs in power (for the most part.) Her dad may have been worse off (but concidering that Labor are now selling all our assets (Railways, Ports, Electricity companies) he probably is not) but she should be thinking about herself, not him.

This young girl, had no *** idea about any of the members (She even asked what was the name of the Labor member) and yet her vote (well her dads...) would have been counter. Labor ended up winning, and if you would like to see how *** up QLD is now... Search for "Anna Bligh" and read a little bit about her.

People should do their best to find out what kind of ****PERSON**** they are voteing for. *** the party. Find someone that YOU agree with the most. Yes, this means you have to do some *** research. Hell, 1 hour of reading past history, goals, personal descriptions of all candidates (1hr total, not each) will give you a good idea of who YOU would want to represent YOU in government.

Also, I think that those that choose not to vote, dont have the right to complain about anthing the government does. You had your chance to speak up, if you passed that chance, then STFU till next time. Those who voted against it (or for it) have the right to say "Thats *** I voted against you" or "I voted you in to represent me and thats not what I want"

Anyone else here a Libertarian?

Depends which Libertarian you mean.

Actual libertarians, or conservatives trying to hide from their tarnished brand?

Hahaha, actual Libertarian. However, a true libertarian wouldn't even vote, so I can't even call myself that.

I'm not saying there should be no government, but I feel that things have gotten way out of hand. Whether the party that gets elected into office is Conservative or Liberal, they both end up stacking on to the debt toll it seems. I could go into detail, but just wanted to see if anyone here is or knew what a Libertarian is.

Socially I'm incredibly liberal. Financially I tend to learn a little bit more conservative. Since I don't think either party really knows how to handle money effectively, I tend to vote based on which platform leans closer to my social policies of choice. This is invariably democrat.

I'm part of my own political party. I think I'm going to name it "Populi Chartae" or something.

Our beliefs: government should downsize, run what it needs to and only add what the people absolutely need, and follow the Constitution strictly.

Now, it'll be a miracle if I can get elected lol

lolwut

i generally lean towards the conservative side because i like guns...

I'd say the knowledge of voters is roughly equivalent to the people who use the rate up and down in this forum. Rating up Jaerik for posting Libertarian-based ideas(Republican and Democratic policies expand government spending), yet rating me down for defining it?

lol, and then rating up a guy who says:
Also, rating this guy down for merely posting on the forum his political affiliation and his reason behind it:

EDIT: Changed "Conservative and Liberal" to "Republican and Democratic" It's too easy to use these terms interchangeably these days, but the reality of the matter is that Republicans are in no way, shape, or form, a conservative party.

Why cant the world just be like Leave It To Beaver or Little House On The Prarie instead of Get Rich Or Die Trying and Cribs?

who ever rated me down, what he is saying is correct.

i think they rated jaerik up to kiss his *** o.o

Jaerik can't see who rates him up or down, no?

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/groupthink


Can you comprehend that definition? *** A...